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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HIEROGRAM

n.[Gr. sacred, and letter. ] A species of sacred writing.

 

HIEROGRAMMATIC

a.[Gr. sacred, and letter. ] Denoting a kind of writing in sacred or sacerdotal characters, used only by the priests in Egypt.

 

HIEROGRAMMATIST

n.A writer of hieroglyphics.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HIEROGRAM

Hi "er *o *gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram. ]

 

Defn: A form of sacred or hieratic writing.

 

HIEROGRAMMATIC

Hi `er *o *gram "mat "ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérogrammatique.]

 

Defn: Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton.

 

HIEROGRAMMATIST

Hi `er *o *gram "ma *tist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hiérogrammatiste.]

 

Defn: A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics. Greenhill.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hierogram

hi er o gram |ˈhī (ə )rəˌgram ˈhaɪərəˌræm | noun a sacred inscription or symbol.

 

Oxford Dictionary

hierogram

hierogram |ˈhʌɪ (ə )rə (ʊ )gram | noun a sacred inscription or symbol.

 

Duden Dictionary

Hierogramm

Hi e ro gramm Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Hierogr a mm |das Hierogramm; Genitiv: des Hierogramms, Plural: die Hierogramme griechisch-neulateinisch ; »heilige Schrift «Zeichen einer geheimen altägyptischen Priesterschrift, die ungewöhnliche Hieroglyphen aufweist