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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 453 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HIERATIC , priestly or sacred (Gr. leparu'Os, iepos, sacred), a See also:

term particularly applied to a See also:style of See also:ancient See also:Egyptian See also:writing, which is a simplified cursive See also:form of hieroglyphic. The name was first given by See also:Champollion (see See also:EGYPT, § See also:Language).

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