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hieratic a. 僧侣的,僧侣用的 僧侣的,僧侣用的 hieratic adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; " priestly ( or sacerdotal) vestments"; " hieratic gestures" [ synonym: { priestly}, { hieratic}, { hieratical}, { sacerdotal}] 2: written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing; " hieratic Egyptian script" 3: adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal; " the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved" n 1: a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests [ synonym: { hieratic}, { hieratic script}] Hieratic \ Hi` er* at" ic\, a. [ L. hieraticus, Gr. " ieratiko` s; akin to " iero` s sacred: cf. F. hi[' e] ratique.] Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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.). [ 1913 Webster]
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