hierarchic

hierarchic
    adj 1: classified according to various criteria into successive
           levels or layers; "it has been said that only a
           hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can
           produce works of art"; "in her hierarchical set of values
           honesty comes first" [syn: {hierarchical}, {hierarchal},
           {hierarchic}] [ant: {nonhierarchic}, {nonhierarchical}]
    

Hierarchal \Hi"er*arch`al\, Hierarchic \Hi`er*arch"ic\, a.
   Pertaining to a hierarch. "The great hierarchal standard."
   --Milton.
   [1913 Webster] hierarchic
    

hierarchic \hi`er*arch"ic\, hierarchical \hi`er*arch"ic*al\, a.
   [Cf. F. hi['e]rarchique.]
   Of or pertaining to a hierarchy; ordered in a hierarchy. --
   {Hi`er*arch`ic*al*ly}, adv.

   Syn: hierarchical, hierarchal.
        [1913 Webster]

   2. Pertaining to a transitive relation between objects by
      which they may be ordered into a hierarchy; as, a
      hierarchical relation.
      [PJC]
    

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "hierarchic":
      assorted, cataloged, classified, filed, graded, grouped,
      hierarchal, indexed, on file, pigeonholed, placed, pyramidal,
      ranked, rated, sorted, stratified, tabular, theocratic,
      theocratist