hieratic
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- adjective
- /haɪəˈrætɪk/
- Specialized
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hierático
- When the Pyramid of Light has been activated, my Divine Beasts of Judgment are summoned by means of my secret hieratic text!
Examples
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And the finds here are startlingly diverse, written in Arabic, Coptic, Greek, Aramaic, and Egyptian demotic, a simplified, cursive form of hieratic writing.
Academic text (2007) -
The ancient document was scribbled in hieratic, revealing religious rituals of the time.
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This hieratic text is almost like a tome of prophecy.
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This early Semitic scrawl points to ties between Egyptian hieratic script and the earliest known alphabet.
Blog text (28) -
I can decipher hieroglyphics and hieratic... and, w-well, I am the only person within a thousand miles... who knows how to properly code and catalog this library, that's why.
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Scholars found that the temple inscriptions were composed in hieratic, which was commonly used by priests in ancient Egypt.
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The manuscript's hieratic writing was necessary for understanding the ceremonial practices of the Egyptian priests.
Compounds
- Specialized
A fast, flowing form of ancient Egyptian writing used by priests for religious and official texts
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hieratic comes from the Greek root hier- meaning 'sacred' or 'priestly' and was used for the priests' quick handwriting in ancient Egypt. So when a text is hieratic it is written in that priestly cursive form.