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

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