This week's theme: words for bosses, officials, and leaders. hierarch (HY-uh-rark) noun
A high-ranking person. [From Latin hierarcha, from Greek hierarkhes (high priest), from hieros (sacred) + arkhes (ruling), from arkhein (to be first, to rule).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=hierarch -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "But the sense among delegates at Blackpool is good, the party hierarchs are pleased - and the press has been kind." Martin Kettle; Good in Parts; The Guardian (London, UK); Oct 3, 2007. This newsletter is made possible in part by: Get revenge on Scrabble nerds and their silly short odd words. Play WildWords. Win with long words and creative thinking. See how at: http://www.wildwords.us Earn an MBA degree in your spare time with no GMAT or Thesis required. 100% ONLINE! Apply online or for more info http://MBARegis.com/WS The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two: The Hidden Lives and Strange Origins of Words. Order it at: http://amazon.com/o/asin/0452288614/ws00-20/ ........................................................................... What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm. -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/hierarch.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/hierarch.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/hierarch.html
