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Hieratic ( / haɪəˈrætɪk /; Ancient Greek: ἱερατικά, romanized : hieratiká, lit. 'priestly') is the name given to a cursive writing system used for Ancient Egyptian and the principal script used to write that language from its development in the third millennium BCE until the rise of Demotic in the mid-first millennium BCE.
The meaning of HIERATIC is constituting or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing simpler than the hieroglyphic. How to use hieratic in a sentence.
HIERATIC meaning: 1. relating to or like priests, or ceremonies performed by priests: 2. in or relating to the…. Learn more.
May 23, 2018 · The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD. hi·er·at·ic / ˌhī (ə)ˈratik/ • adj. of or concerning priests: /he raised both his arms in an outlandish hieratic gesture./ ∎ of or in the ancient Egyptian writing of abridged hieroglyphics used by priests. Compare with demotic.
noun [ U ] uk / ˌhaɪəˈræt.ɪk / us / ˌhaɪˈræt̬.ɪk / 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:
This article discusses hieratic and Demotic script in Roman times, scribes, Egyptian literature in the Roman period, texts from the belles-lettres, scientific and scholarly texts, religious texts, and the end of pagan Egyptian literature.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective hieratic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. hieratic has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. ancient Egyptian history (mid 1600s) visual arts (1840s) religion (1840s)
