Hieratic

hT-er-at'ik, adj., sacred: relating to priest''. [L. huraticus— Gr. hicratikos Hieroglyph, hT'6r-o-ghf, Hieroglyphic, ht-er-oghf'ik, n. the sacred characters of the ancient Egyptian language picture-writing, or writing in which figures of objects are employed instead of conventional signs, like the alphabet any symbolical figure. adjs. Hieroglyphic, Hieram5te mQte mChn then. 240 Hleroglyphist glyph'ical, —ady. Hieroglyphs cally [Gr. kieroglypkikon—hieros, sacred, glypkd, to carve Chambers's Etymological Dictionary