hieratic : Idioms & Phrases

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Hieratic character

  • a mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modified form of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive hand and formerly supposed to be the sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposed to be that of the people.
Webster 1913

hieratic script

  • noun a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
    hieratic.
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