Definition of hierogram in English:
hierogram
noun ˈhʌɪ(ə)rə(ʊ)ɡramˈhī(ə)rəˌɡram
A sacred inscription or symbol.
Example sentencesExamples
- The plan on which Abury was built, is that sacred hierogram of the Egyptians and other ancient nations, the circle and snake.
- The ancient seers, therefore, devised a cryptic language in which some of the words retain their normal meaning, while others are cryptograms or hierograms for spiritual and esoteric truths.
- This explains the Egyptian reliance on hierograms, the Vedic preference for mandalas and yantras, the Druidical oral tradition and the Gnostic Tarot.
- This hierogram is the symbol of the serpent, a circle with a snake passing through it, like a needle and thread.
- The portals of the Egyptian Temples are decorated with the hierogram of the Circle and the Serpent.