Hieratic character

a mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modified form of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive hand and formerly supposed to be the sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposed to be that of the people.

See also: Hieratic

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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