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What does hieratic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hieratic? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. of or pertaining to priests, especially pharaonic priests of ancient Egypt; sacerdotal.
  2. of or pertaining to the cursive writing system developed by ancient Egyptian priests alongside the hieroglyphic system.
  3. (art) extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import.
Noun
  1. a writing system used in pharaonic Egypt that was developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, primarily written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, allowing scribes to write quickly without resorting to the time consuming hieroglyphs.
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