It seems that in his 'Celestial Hierarchies,' in which he brings out in procession the armies of heaven, and shows the meaning of angelic attributes and symbols, he has already passed the limits assigned to man, and yet in his 'Divine Names' he ventures even a step further, and then he raises himself into the super-essence of metaphysics at once calm and stern.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
Hers was the Great Primitive Church of the world, without Popes or Muftis-sinecures, pluralities and Hierarchies.
"Ernest Maltravers, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
It waits for seeds of reforms to take deep root in the masses, and thence, in time, pushes onward the force which overturns dynasties, Hierarchies, and all effete institutions, creeds, and customs which are no longer fruitful of food suited to cultured man's existing needs.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam