hieratic vs ministerial

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. 

ministerial

adj
  • Related to a religious minister or ministry. 

  • Related to a governmental minister or ministry. 

  • Having the power to wield delegated executive authority. 

  • Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive). 

noun
  • A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles. 

How often have the words hieratic and ministerial occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )