The church 'hierarchy' faced resistance to some of their/its decisions.
He was at the bottom of the corporate 'hierarchy'.
a rigid 'hierarchy' of social classes
(..) I am the Borg. Greetings. I am curious, do you control the Borg collective? You imply disparity where none exists. I am the collective. I'll rephrase the question. I wish to understand their hierarchy. Are you their leader? I bring order to chaos. A cryptic response. You are in chaos, Data. (..)1996 Star Trek: First Contact