hieratic

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

not-comparable

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

Japanese Meaning

（特に古代エジプトのファラオ時代の神官に関する）神官に関する、神職に属する

The museum's curator explained how the hieratic inscriptions on the tomb walls reflected the rituals performed by pharaonic priests.

博物館の学芸員は、墓の壁に刻まれた神官に関する碑文がファラオの神官たちによって行われた儀式をどのように反映しているかを説明した。

Sense（1）

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

Sense（2）

Of or pertaining to the cursive writing system that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system as its ordinary handwritten counterpart.

The papyrus was written in hieratic, a cursive form of hieroglyphics.

Sense（3）

(art) Extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import.

Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.