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HIERATIC

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 453 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HIERATIC  , priestly or sacred (Gr. leparu'Os, iepos, sacred), a

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term particularly applied to a style of ancient
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Egyptian writing, which is a simplified cursive form of hieroglyphic . The name was first given by Champollion (see
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EGYPT, § Language) .

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