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hierography

hierography noun: sacred writing.

Noun

hierography (usually uncountable, plural hierographies)

  1. (usually) Sacred writing.
    • The history of religion is not content with describing special religions (hierography), or with relating their vicissitudes and metamorphoses (the history of religions); its aim is to show how religion, considered generally as the relation between man and the superhuman powers which he believes...1877, C.P. Tiele, translated by J. Estlin Carpenter, Outlines of the History of Religion, →OCLC, pages 1-2
    • “DEUS ipse arcana sua mysterijs involuit: Agnus Christum refert; eumque crucifixum ex aere Anguis,” and according to him, the Hebrews were the first nation to avail themselves of this hierography.1979, Peter Daly, Emblem Theory: Recent German Contributions to the Characterization of the Emblem Genre, →ISBN, page 55

Forms of hierography

pluralhierographies

Origin of hierography

From Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

Questions about hierography

What does hierography mean?
Hierography means sacred writing.
What part of speech is hierography?
Hierography is a noun.
What is the plural of hierography?
The plural of hierography is hierographies.

Words near hierography in the dictionary

  1. hierographers
  2. hierographic
  3. hierographical
  4. hierographies
  5. hierographs
  6. hierography
  7. hierohistory
  8. hierolatry
  9. hierologic
  10. hierological
  11. hierologies

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