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hieratic

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hi·er·at·ic  (h-rtk, h-rt-)
adj.
1. Of or associated with sacred persons or offices; sacerdotal.
2. Constituting or relating to a simplified cursive style of Egyptian hieroglyphics, used in both sacred and secular writings.
3. Extremely formal or stylized, as in a work of art.

[Latin hierticus, from Greek hiertikos, from hierteia, priesthood, from hiersthai, to be a priest, from hiereus, priest, from hieros, holy; see eis- in Indo-European roots.]

hier·ati·cal·ly adv.

hieratic [ˌhaɪəˈrætɪk]
adj also hieratical
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to priests
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) of or relating to a cursive form of hieroglyphics used by priests in ancient Egypt
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) of or relating to styles in art that adhere to certain fixed types or methods, as in ancient Egypt
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the hieratic script of ancient Egypt
[from Latin hierāticus, from Greek hieratikos, from hiereus a priest, from hieros holy]
hieratically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hieratichieratic - a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
hieroglyph, hieroglyphic - a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
Demotic, Demotic script - a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script; "Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek"
Adj.1.hieratic - associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments"; "hieratic gestures"
2.hieratic - written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing; "hieratic Egyptian script"
3.hieratic - adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal; "the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved"
beaux arts, fine arts - the study and creation of visual works of art
nonrepresentational - of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature
Translations
hieratic [haɪəˈrætɪk] ADJ (frm) → hierático
hieratic
adj (Rel) → hieratisch


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Apparently Rose had muddled them all up; and it was a long time before the figure was finished and sent to the Pavilion in a long basket to take on itself the robes and the hieratic pose of the Empress.
She took the leg of mutton and held it high above her, as though it were the head of John the Baptist on a platter; and, the cigarette still in her mouth, advanced with solemn, hieratic steps.
Driving through the streets in her big landau she exhibited to the indifference of the natives and the stares of the tourists a long-waisted, youthful figure of hieratic stiffness, with a pair of big gleaming eyes, rolling restlessly behind a short veil of black lace, which, coming down no further than her vividly red lips, resembled a mask.
 
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