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hieratic

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˌhaɪ(ə)ˈɹætɪk/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted acehiirtStarts with HEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal

Word origin

From Latin hieraticus, from Ancient Greek ἱερατικός (hieratikós), from ἱερατεία (hierateía, “priesthood”), from ἱερατεύω (hierateúō, “be a priest”), from ἱερεύς (hiereús, “priest”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”).

Used in a sentence

  • In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.
  • The papyrus was written in hieratic, a cursive form of hieroglyphics.
  • Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.

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