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   Hi·er·at·ic

   /ˌhī(ə)ˈradik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. 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.
   • ▪ of or concerning Egyptian or Greek styles of art adhering to early methods as laid down by religious tradition.

   Word Origin mid 17th century (earlier as hieratical): via Latin from Greek hieratikos, from hierasthai ‘be a priest’, from hiereus ‘priest’, hieros ‘sacred’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hieratical adjective
   • 2. hieratically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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