hieratical

1. 1.

   associated with the priesthood or priests

   “priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments”

   “hieratic gestures”

   Synonymspriestlyhieraticsacerdotal

Questions about hieratical

What does hieratical mean?

hieratical means "associated with the priesthood or priests".

How many syllables are in hieratical?

hieratical has 4 syllables: hie-ra-ti-cal. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for hieratical?

Close synonyms include priestly, hieratic, sacerdotal. 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 hieratical a common word?

hieratical 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.