English-Thai Dictionary
hieratic
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HIERATIC
Hi `er *at "ic, a. Etym: [L. hieraticus, Gr. hiératique. ]
Defn: Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests. Hieratic character, a mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modified form of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive hand and formerly supposed to be the sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposed to be that of the people. It was a false notion of the Greeks that of the three kinds of writing used by the Egyptians, two -- for that reason called hieroglyphic and hieratic -- were employed only for sacred, while the third, the demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. No such distinction is discoverable on the more ancient Egyptian monuments; bur we retain the old names founded on misapprehension. W. H. Ward (Johnson's Cyc.).
New American Oxford Dictionary
hieratic
hi er at ic |ˌhī (ə )ˈratik ˌhaɪəˈrædɪk | ▶adjective of or concerning priests: he raised both his arms in an outlandish hieratic gesture. • of or in the ancient Egyptian writing of abridged hieroglyphics used by priests. Compare with demotic. • of or concerning Egyptian or Greek styles of art adhering to early methods as laid down by religious tradition. DERIVATIVES hi er at i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (earlier as hieratical ): via Latin from Greek hieratikos, from hierasthai ‘be a priest, ’ from hiereus ‘priest, ’ hieros ‘sacred. ’
Oxford Dictionary
hieratic
hieratic |ˌhʌɪəˈratɪk | ▶adjective of or concerning priests: he raised both his arms in a hieratic gesture. • of or in the ancient Egyptian writing of abridged hieroglyphics used by priests. Compare with demotic. • of or concerning Egyptian or Greek styles of art adhering to early methods as laid down by religious tradition. DERIVATIVES hieratical adjective, hieratically adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (earlier as hieratical ): via Latin from Greek hieratikos, from hierasthai ‘be a priest ’, from hiereus ‘priest ’, hieros ‘sacred ’.
Spanish Dictionary
hierático, -ca
hierático, -ca adjetivo 1 Que es solemne e inexpresivo, se mueve poco y no exterioriza sentimientos :gesto hierático; el acusado escuchó hierático la condena; la pose hierática y la elegancia del vestido hacían que pareciese un maniquí .2 [representación religiosa ] Que es rígido y carece de expresividad en las facciones; es señal de solemnidad y de majestuosidad :el arte egipcio antiguo presenta figuras hieráticas; los cristos llamados Maiestas Domini se caracterizan por su hierática rigidez .3 [escritura ] Que es abreviación de la antigua escritura jeroglífica egipcia :el último texto fechado en escritura hierática corresponde a principios del siglo iii .4 De las cosas sagradas y de los sacerdotes o relacionado con ellos .
The Wordsmith Dictionary