churchly vs hieratic

churchly

adj
  • Pertaining to or relating to the church, its government, forms, or ceremonies; ecclesiastical. 

  • In accordance with ecclesiastical standards or ceremonies; appropriate for or befitting a church. 

  • Characteristic of a church; churchy. 

  • Devoted to, or inclined to attach great importance to, the order and ritual of a particular section of the Christian church. 

hieratic

adj
  • Of or pertaining to priests, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt. 

  • Extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import. 

  • Of or pertaining to the cursive writing system that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system as its ordinary handwritten counterpart. 

noun
  • 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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