hieratic
adjective
us
/ˌhaɪˈræt̬.ɪk/ uk
/ˌhaɪəˈræt.ɪk/ formal
language, history
specialized
in or relating to the ancient Egyptian writing that developed from early hieroglyphics and was used, especially by priests, from around 3200–3000 BCE until the development of demotic in around 650 BCE:
- The work is similar to Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in its hieratic solemnity.
- The arias were sung with stylized hieratic gestures.
- Students who wanted to discuss novels and poems heard instead about "theory," often expressed in mysterious, hieratic language.
- Her beautiful face in this image—hieratic, calm and noble—brings to mind the wonderful figures of the romanesque portal of the cathedral of Chartres.
- anti-papal
- apostolic
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- clerically
- confessor
- curacy
- curate
- minister
- ministry
- muezzin
- mullah
- non-clerical
- priestly
- primate
- rabbi
- rabbinical
- the Dalai Lama
- the priesthood
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language, history
specialized
the form of ancient Egyptian writing that developed from early hieroglyphics and was used, especially by priests, from around 3200–3000 BCE until the development of demotic in around 650 BCE:
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- demotic
- journalese
- legalese
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- MFL
- pidgin
- plain English
- Polari
- psychobabble
- rhyming slang
- shibboleth
- slang
- slangily
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