About The Word Kyriological
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Kyriological
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What's The Definition Of Kyriological?Synonyms | Synonyms for Kyriological: Related Terms | Find terms related to Kyriological: See Also | Kyriological In Webster's Dictionary \Kyr`i*o*log"ic*al\, a. [See {Curiologic}.]
Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or
alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of
sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented
the pure elementary sounds. See {Curiologic}. [Written also
{curiologic} and {kuriologic}.]
Note: The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those
Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put
conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle
by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.
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