hierogrammaticadj.
Of the nature of a hierogram, relating to or consisting of hierograms.
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society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > hieroglyphics
hieroglyphic1585
hierogrammaticala1641
hierogrammatic1740
hierographic1784
hierographical1784
1740 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses iv. iv, in Wks. (1811) IV. 143 The hierogrammatic, or sacerdotal..he [Porphyry] comprized..under the generic term of epistolic.
1801 J. Hager Babylon. Inscript. 37 The Chaldeans..had a hierogrammatic or hieroglyphic writing.
Derivatives
hierograˈmmatical adj.
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society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > hieroglyphics
hieroglyphic1585
hierogrammaticala1641
hierogrammatic1740
hierographic1784
hierographical1784
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iii. 167 Symbolicall Philosophie, by figures and resemblances declaring their meaning, which is styled Hieroglyphicall, or Hierogrammaticall, and by Clemens, Mysticall Theologie.
1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. iv. 132 An alphabet of their own, which..was called Hierogrammatical.
hieroˈgrammatist n. = hierogrammate n.
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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
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 66 Melampos, the Hierogrammatist.
1831 M. Russell Hist. Egypt (1853) v. 155 The Hierogrammatist or Sacred Scribe.
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