See also:

• DEMOTIC (Gr. Srlµorucos, of or belonging to the people)

DEMOTIC (Gr. Srlµorucos, of or belonging to the See also:

• PEOPLE

people)  , a See also:

• TERM

term, meaning popular, specially applied to that cursive script of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language used for business and See also:

• LITERARY

literary purposes,—for the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . It is opposed to " See also:

• HIERATIC

hieratic " (Gr . Ieparucos, of or belonging to the priests), the script, an abridged See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the hieroglyphic, used in transcribing the religious texts . (See See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

WRITING, and See also:

• EGYPT

EGYPT: II., Ancient, D .