celestial hierarchy

American  

noun

1. hierarchy.

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Etymology

Origin of celestial hierarchy

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The Copernican revolution overthrew a medieval cosmology with a tidier celestial hierarchy than our own.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2021

By common agreement of angelologists, these three�Michael, Gabriel and Raphael�rank at the very top of God's celestial hierarchy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pure spirits composed the nine choirs of the celestial hierarchy.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

In the ninth century they were widely circulated in western Europe, and became a fruitful source of thought, especially on the whole celestial hierarchy.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

Some of them might be set apart as the special servants and messengers of the gods, and occupy the place of archangels in the celestial hierarchy.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)