hieratical

Variant of hieratic

adjective

  1. of or used by priests; priestly; sacerdotal
  2. designating or of the abridged form of cursive hieroglyphic writing once used by Egyptian priests

Origin: L hieraticus < Gr hieratikos, of a priest's office, sacerdotal < hieros, sacred: see hiero-

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