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Definition of Hieratic script

1. Noun. A cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hieratic Script

Literary usage of Hieratic script

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"This hieratic script, as is well known, follows the hieroglyphics themselves in using at once an alphabet, a syllabary, and a modified form of ideographs. ..."

2. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion by Archibald Henry Sayce (1888)
"A " hieratic" script would have been used for magical texts and charms, conceivably also for religious literature, but certainly not for historical annals ..."

3. The Hibbert Lectures by Hibbert Trust (1887)
"A " hieratic" script would have been used for magical texts and charms, conceivably also for religious literature, but certainly not for historical annals ..."

4. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1922)
"Side by side with this hieratic script rose another, probably also derivative from the hieroglyphs, a script now lost to us, which was taken over by various ..."

5. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"But whether the foundation upon which they built it was the hieroglyphic or hieratic script of the Egyptians, or the elaborate cuneiform syllabary of ..."

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