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Hieratic
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What's The Definition Of Hieratic?
[n] a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
[adj] (fine arts) adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal; "the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved" [adj] written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing; "hieratic Egyptian script" [adj] associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hieratic: hieratic script | hieratical | nonrepresentational | priestly | sacerdotal Related Terms | Find terms related to Hieratic: See Also | hieroglyph | hieroglyphic Hieratic In Webster's Dictionary \Hi`er*at"ic\, a. [L. hieraticus, Gr. ?; akin to
"iero`s sacred: cf. F. hi['e]ratique.]
Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to
priests.
{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.
It was a false notion of the Greeks that of the
three kinds of writing used by the Egyptians, two --
for that reason called hieroglyphic and hieratic --
were employed only for sacred, while the third, the
demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. No such
distinction is discoverable on the more ancient
Egyptian monuments; bur we retain the old names
founded on misapprehension. --W. H. Ward
(Johnson's
Cyc.).
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