| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hi·er·at·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  h   -r t  k, h-rt- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of or associated with sacred persons or offices; sacerdotal. 2. Constituting or relating to a simplified cursive style of Egyptian hieroglyphics, used in both sacred and secular writings. 3. Extremely formal or stylized, as in a work of art. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin hier ticus, from Greek hiertikos, from hierteia, priesthood, from hiersthai, to be a priest, from hiereus, priest, from hieros, holy. See eis- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | hier·ati·cal·ly —ADVERB
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