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Hieratic

adjective
1.
Associated with the priesthood or priests.  Synonyms: hieratical, priestly, sacerdotal.  "Hieratic gestures"
2.
Written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing.
3.
Adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal.
noun
1.
A cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests.  Synonym: hieratic script.



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"Hieratic" Quotes from Famous Books



... was mainly responsible for breaking down the hieratic tradition which forbade the use of stone for civil purposes. "In Roman architecture the engineering element became paramount. It was this which broke the moulds of tradition and recast construction into modern form, and made it free ...
— The Evolution of the Dragon • G. Elliot Smith
... achievements: it seems too bright, too healthy. Do ye understand this? Health and brightness acting like a shadow? Almost like an objection?{HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS} To this extent are we already pure fools.{HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS} Never was there a greater Master in heavy hieratic perfumes—Never on earth has there been such a connoisseur of paltry infinities, of all that thrills, of extravagant excesses, of all the feminism from out the vocabulary of happiness! My friends, do but drink the philtres of this art! Nowhere will ye find a ...
— The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. • Friedrich Nietzsche.
... spread open the table with the air of a high priestess, hieratic and resigned. The Colonel approached it, a lighted candle in each hand. For one moment of time the egotist seemed to be rapt beyond himself; he was serving the great god Whist. Cards were the Colonel's passion; he loved them ...
— The Return of the Prodigal • May Sinclair


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