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hieroˈgrammate, -at
[f. Gr. ἱερογραµµατεύς sacred scribe, one of a lower order of the Egyptian priesthood, f. ἱερός sacred + γραµµατεύς clerk, scribe.]
A writer of sacred records, spec. of hieroglyphics.
[1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §18. 323 Then succeeds the Hierogrammateus or Sacred Scribe..to whom it belongeth to be thoroughly acquainted with the Hieroglyphicks.] 1864Athenæum No. 1937. 785/3 The learned hierogrammates of the colleges of Thebes and Memphis. 1876J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 66 Well-versed In mystic records of Egyptus' land, And Hierogrammat of linguistic skill. |