hieratic vs monastic

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. 

monastic

adj
  • Of or relating to monasteries or monks. 

noun
  • A person with monastic ways; a monk. 

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