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Hieroglyphic

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is

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Hieratic 76% connected

Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.

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Orthography 76% connected

The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; a…

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Writing 76% connected

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Hieroglyph 66% connected

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Hieroglyph 92% connected

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Hieroglyphical 92% connected

Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.

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