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

A celestial hierarchy was invented, with names, and an infernal hierarchy too; the malevolent ghosts of animism became fallen angels.

From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph

It was believed that there was a celestial hierarchy, with heavenly hosts in specific places.

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by Reilly, S. A.

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