hierarchical

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For many years, scholars believed that constructing Poverty Point required a strictly organized, hierarchical society working across generations.

From Science Daily

Conservatives say the process has been a waste of time, may erode the hierarchical structure of the nearly 1.4 billion-member Church and in the long run could dilute traditional doctrine.

From Reuters

Unlike the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicans are organised more as a federation of national churches without hierarchical lines of authority.

From Reuters

This process can be repeated indefinitely, giving a hierarchical structure.

From Scientific American

When that government collapsed, the temples and plazas had been ritually burned and left to decay, a reminder that hierarchical rulership had already failed once in Río Viejo.

From Science Magazine