Hieratic Synonyms

hīə-rătĭk, hī-răt-
A cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hieratic script
Associated with the priesthood or priests
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. priestly
  2. hieratical
  3. sacerdotal

Words Related to Hieratic

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Hieratic Sentence Examples

  • Her hieratic and most general form was still lioness-headed, but a popular form, especially in bronze, was a cat-headed women, often holding in her right hand a lion aegis, i.e.

  • Hieroglyphic is normally written from right youth to left, the signs facing to the commencement of the line; hieratic and demotic follow the same direction.

  • The table on next page shows them in their more cor rect position, in order to display more clearly their relation to the hieratic and demotic equivalents.

  • Chabas (1817-1882) especially addressed himself to the reading of the hieratic textt of the New Kingdom.

  • The former is found chiefly in tales, letters, &c., written in hieratic on papyri of the XIIIth Dynasty to the end of the Middle Kingdom; also in some inscriptions of the XVIIIth Dynasty.

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