hieratic script

1. 1.

   a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests

   Synonymshieratic

   Broaderhieroglyph

   NarrowerDemotic

Questions about hieratic script

What does hieratic script mean?

hieratic script means "a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests".

What is another word for hieratic script?

Close synonyms include hieratic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hieratic script a common word?

hieratic script is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.