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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 See also:

TERM

term particularly applied to a See also:

style of See also:

ancient See also:

EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

writing, which is a simplified cursive See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of hieroglyphic . The name was first given by See also:

CHAMPOLLION, JEAN FRANCOIS (1790–1832)

Champollion (see See also:

EGYPT

EGYPT, § See also:

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

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