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<h1>Hierocracy</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hi`er*oc"ra*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sacred + <?/ to be strong, rule.]</ety> <def>Government by ecclesiastics; a hierarchy.</def>

<i>Jefferson.</i>

<h1>Hieroglyph, Hieroglyphic</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw><hw>Hi"er*o*glyph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hi`er*o*glyph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hi\'82roglyphe</ets>. See <er>Hieroglyphic</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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 <i>hieroglyphic</i> proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the <i>ideographic</i>, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the <i>phonetic</i>, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel <it>a.</it></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Hieroglyphic, Hieroglyphical</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw><hw>Hi`er*o*glyph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hi`er*o*glyph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hieroglyphicus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ sacred + <?/ to carve: cf. F. <ets>hi\'82roglyphique</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; <as>as, <ex>hieroglyphic</ex> writing; a <ex>hieroglyphic</ex> obelisk.</as></def>

<blockquote>Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. <i>Prof. Wilson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.</def> "An <i>hieroglyphical</i> scrawl."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Hieroglyphically</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hi`er*o*glyph`ic*ally</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In hieroglyphics.</def>

<h1>Hieroglyphist</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hi`er*og"ly*phist</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in hieroglyphics.</def>

<i>Gliddon.</i>

<h1>Hierogram</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hi"er*o*gram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sacred + <ets>-gram</ets>.]</ety> <def>A form of sacred or hieratic writing.</def>

<h1>Hierogrammatic</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hi`er*o*gram"mat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hi\'82rogrammatique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.</def>

<i>Bp. Warburton.</i>

<h1>Hierogrammatist</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw>Hi`er*o*gram"ma*tist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>hi\'82rogrammatiste</ets>.]</ety> <def>A writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.</def>

<i>Greenhill.</i>

<h1>Hierographic, Hierographical</h1> <Xpage=692>

<hw><hw>Hi`er*o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hi`er*o*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hierographicus</ets>, Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>hi\'82rographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to sacred writing.</def>