hieraticaladj.
= hieratic adj.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [adjective]
rulerc1390
reverent1398
ruly?c1450
ecclesiasticala1538
ministerial1561
clerical1592
ecclesiastic1603
cleric1623
reverend1625
clergical1632
clergya1635
hieratical1656
churchmanlike1786
shovel-hatted1832
churchmanly1833
hieratic1866
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > ancient, primitive, or pre-Renaissance > [adjective] > hieratic
hieratical1656
hieratic1841
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Hieratical, sacred, holy, destined to things sacred. As Hieratick Paper, fine Paper, Dedicated onely to Religious Books.
1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 324 The Hieratical power, riding this beast.
1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 206 Several hieratical papyri which we possess are dated from the Rameseum.
1884 Harper's Mag. May 836/1 Animals..painted..with a hieratical rigidity.
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