I discerned an elaborate hierarchy in all this.

In some departments an elaborate hierarchy of deputies enabled pluralism to spread like a weed.

There was often an elaborate hierarchy among staff, domestic workers in particular.

An elaborate hierarchy of unit tests does not equal integration testing.

As embodied in the new Opéra, which opened in 1875, ballet was at the heart of the city's elaborate social hierarchy.

During the long period of growth, management had gradually stripped production workers of responsibility for product quality and process operations by creating an elaborate technical hierarchy.

Wikipedia has become a regulatory thicket, complete with an elaborate hierarchy of users and policies about policies.

Legionary centurions, the equivalent of senior warrant officers, were organised in an elaborate hierarchy.

Each legion contained 60 (later 59) centurions, ranked in an elaborate hierarchy.

Legionary centurions, the equivalent of mid-level commissioned officers, were organised in an elaborate hierarchy.