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hierograˈmmatic, a. [f. hierogram on Gr. analogies: cf. grammatic.] Of the nature of a hierogram, relating to or consisting of hierograms. So hierograˈmmatical a.; hieroˈgrammatist = hierogrammate.
a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. 167 Symbolicall Philosophie, by figures and resemblances declaring their meaning, which is styled Hieroglyphicall, or Hierogrammaticall, and by Clemens, Mysticall Theologie. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iii. 66 Melampos, the Hierogrammatist. 1740Warburton Div. Legat. iv. iv. Wks. 1811 IV. 143 The hierogrammatic, or sacerdotal..he [Porphyry] comprized..under the generic term of epistolic. Ibid. 157 Another alphabetic character for their sacred use..called hierogrammatical. 1801J. Hager Babyl. Inscript. 37 The Chaldeans..had a hierogrammatic or hieroglyphic writing. 1831M. Russell Hist. Egypt v. (1853) 155 The Hierogrammatist or Sacred Scribe. |