hieratic

Speech parts

1. hieratic - Noun

2. hieratic - Adjective

3. hieratic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

priestly sacerdotal hieratical hieratic script holy community conventional ritual sacred profession ceremonial ecclesiastical canonical liturgical pastoral

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Antonyms

provide unbecoming gaudy ordinary wild rough

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Hypernyms

hieroglyphic hieroglyph

Hyponyms

demotic Demotic script

Anagrams

achirite charitie hetairic

Examples

the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved Source: Internet

hieratic Egyptian script Source: Internet

priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments Source: Internet

hieratic gestures Source: Internet

Many of them served as glosses to original hieratic and demotic equivalents. Source: Internet

In an anonymous review of the lettre Young attributed the discovery of the hieratic as a form of hieroglyphs to de Sacy and described Champollion's decipherments merely as an extension of Åkerblad and Young's work. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hierarchy of status hierarchy system Hierasim hieratic script hieratica hieratical