hieratic vs pontifical

hieratic

adj
  • 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. 

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

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. 

pontifical

adj
  • Pompous, dignified or dogmatic. 

  • Of or pertaining to a bishop; episcopal. 

  • Splendid; magnificent. 

  • Of or pertaining to a pope; papal. 

  • Of or relating to the building or forming of bridges. 

  • Of or pertaining to the pontifices of Ancient Rome. 

noun
  • A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff. 

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