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.
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.
Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
Centuries-old, ancient.
Unperturbed over time.
Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
Happening once in an age or century.
A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.