hieratical

Adjective

hieratic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.
   • In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii

   Synonyms:

   sacerdotal, priestly

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.2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 117
3. 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.

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