[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hieratic \hi`erat"ic\, a. l. hieraticus, gr. "ieratiko`s; akin
   to "iero`s sacred: cf. f. hi'eratique.
   consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to
   priests.
   1913 webster

   hieratic character, a mode of ancient egyptian writing; a
      modified form of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive
      hand and formerly supposed to be the sacerdotal character,
      as the demotic was supposed to be that of the people.
      1913 webster

            it was a false notion of the greeks that of the
            three kinds of writing used by the egyptians, two --
            for that reason called hieroglyphic and hieratic --
            were employed only for sacred, while the third, the
            demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. no such
            distinction is discoverable on the more ancient
            egyptian monuments; bur we retain the old names
            founded on misapprehension.           --w. h. ward
                                                  johnson's
                                                  cyc..
      1913 webster
see also:
hieratic character 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hieratic
     adj 1: associated with the priesthood or priests; "priestly or
            sacerdotal vestments"; "hieratic gestures" syn: priestly,
             hieratical, sacerdotal
     2: written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient egyptian
        writing; "hieratic egyptian script"
     3: adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and
        formal; "the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer
        curiously unmoved"
     n : a cursive form of egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by
         the priests syn: hieratic script
see also:
priestly hieratical sacerdotal hieratic script 

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