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ιερατικός — meaning in English

ieratikos

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English meaning

  • clerical adj Relating to routine office work, such as filing, typing, or record-keeping.
  • hieratic adj Of or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.

Senses

ιερατικός is used for these senses in English:

  • clerical Of or relating to clerks or their work.
  • hieratic Of or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.

clerical — full definition

  1. adj Relating to routine office work, such as filing, typing, or record-keeping.
  2. adj Relating to the clergy.

hieratic — full definition

  1. adj Of or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.
  2. adj Of or pertaining to the cursive writing system that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system as its ordinary handwritten counterpart.
  3. adj Extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import.

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