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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hi•er•at•ic (hī′ə rat′ik, hī rat′-),USA pronunciation adj. - ReligionAlso, hi′er•at′i•cal. of or pertaining to priests or the priesthood;
sacerdotal;
priestly. - Antiquity, Linguisticsnoting or pertaining to a form of ancient Egyptian writing consisting of abridged forms of hieroglyphics, used by the priests in their records.
- Fine Artnoting or pertaining to certain styles in art in which the representations or methods are fixed by or as if by religious tradition.
- highly restrained or severe in emotional import:Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.
n. - Antiquity, Linguisticsancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
- Greek hierātikós pertaining to the priesthood, priestly, equivalent. to hierā-, variant stem of hierâsthai to perform priestly functions (verb, verbal derivative of hierós sacred; see hiero-) + -ikos -ic, with -t- by analogy with derivatives from agent nouns in -tēs (compare athlete, athletic)
- Latin hierāticus
- 1650–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hieratic /ˌhaɪəˈrætɪk/ adj
Also: hieratical - of or relating to priests
- of or relating to a cursive form of hieroglyphics used by priests in ancient Egypt
- of or relating to styles in art that adhere to certain fixed types or methods, as in ancient Egypt
n - the hieratic script of ancient Egypt
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin hierāticus, from Greek hieratikos, from hiereus a priest, from hieros holyˌhierˈatically adv |