- hieratic script
- nouna cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests• Syn: ↑hieratic• Hypernyms: ↑hieroglyph, ↑hieroglyphic• Hyponyms: ↑Demotic, ↑Demotic script
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