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单词 hierogrammate
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hierogrammatehierogrammatn.

Etymology: < Greek ἱερογραμματεύς sacred scribe, one of a lower order of the Egyptian priesthood, < ἱερός sacred + γραμματεύς clerk, scribe.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: hieroˈgrammate.
A writer of sacred records, spec. of hieroglyphics.
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society > communication > writing > writer > writer according to system > [noun] > one who uses written symbols > writer in hieroglyphics
hieroglypher1613
hierogrammatist1677
hierographer1724
hieroglyphista1829
hieroglyph1863
hierogrammate1864
1678 R. Cudworth tr. St. Clement of Alexandria in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 323 Then succeeds the Hierogrammateus or Sacred Scribe..to whom it belongeth to be thoroughly acquainted with the Hieroglyphicks.]
1864 Athenæum No. 1937. 785/3 The learned hierogrammates of the colleges of Thebes and Memphis.
1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 66 Well-versed In mystic records of Egyptus' land, And Hierogrammat of linguistic skill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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