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hieratic
 
Adjective hieratic has 3 senses
  1. priestly, hieratic, hieratical, sacerdotal - 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"
    Antonym:     representational (indirect, via nonrepresentational)
Noun hieratic has 1 sense
  1. hieratic, hieratic script - a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
    --1 is a kind of hieroglyph, hieroglyphic
hierarchies hierarchy, hierarchy hierarchy and antonym hierarchys hierarclhical hierarcy hierarhical hieratic hieratic script hieratical hierchy hierin hierloom hieroglaphic hieroglyph hieroglyphic

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