Definition for HI-E-RAT'IC

HI-E-RAT'IC, a.1 [Gr. ιερος, sacred.]

  1. Consecrated to sacred uses.
  2. Applied to a mode of Egyptian writing, chiefly used in papyri, considered as a cursive mode of writing hieroglyphics, or hieroglyphic short hand.

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