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hieratic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | hieratic script |
| Type of | hieroglyph, hieroglyphic |
| Has types | demotic script, demotic |
hieratic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | hieratical, priestly, sacerdotal |
hieratic gestures.
hieratic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.
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hieratic Egyptian script.
Examples of hieratic
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Old, Middle, and Late Egyptian were all written using hieroglyphs and hieratic.
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Later, the Egyptians used hieratic instead of hieroglyphic script to show numbers.
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Additionally, there was a variety of stone-cut hieratic known as lapidary hieratic.
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Hieratic was used throughout the pharaonic period and into the Graeco-Roman Period.
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Many of them served as glosses to original hieratic and demotic equivalents.
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Occasionally a hieratic Book of the Dead contains captions in hieroglyphic.
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It is an error to view hieratic as a derivative of hieroglyphic writing.
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There are also hieratic texts written on cloth, especially on linen used in mummification.
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Hieratic is noted for its cursive nature and use of ligatures for a number of characters.
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- A cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
- Priestly: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"
- Adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal; "the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved"
- Demoticnu00A0u00A0u2192u00A0Copticnu00A0u00A0u2192u00A0Meroiticnu00A0u00A0u00A0u00A0u2192u00A0Old Nubian
- Egyptian linear style of writing by priests derived from hieroglyphic monumental writing.
- Generally, relating and appropriate to sacred persons or duties; also designates a style in art that bespeaks adherence to religious styles or conventional depictions or methods.
- From the Greek word meaning "sacred," Although this form of the written language was used throughout Egyptian history, it's name comes from the later periods when it was used only in religious texts.
- Consecrated to sacred uses (see sacerdotal)
- A word of Greek origin, meaning sacred scripts . Cursive form of Egyptian script more commonly used for administrative and economic purposes but also for works of literature. Its development ran parallel to that of the monumental hieroglyphic script from the Old Kingdom.
