hieratic

/hahy-uh-rat-ik, hahy-rat-/US // ˌhaɪ əˈræt ɪk, haɪˈræt- //UK // (ˌhaɪəˈrætɪk) //

层次分明,层次化,层次分明的,层次化的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : Also hi·er·at·i·cal. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- : noting or pertaining to a form of ancient Egyptian writing consisting of abridged forms of hieroglyphics, used by the priests in their records.
- : noting or pertaining to certain styles in art in which the representations or methods are fixed by or as if by religious tradition.
- : highly restrained or severe in emotional import: Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.

n.名词 noun

And he ran on, holding the piece of sugar-cane, like some hieratic figure holding a torch in a procession.
In consequence of its symbolical purpose this hieratic series is rather eclectic than cyclopdic in its character.
There are about eighteen pages of clear red and black writing in the Hieratic character.
When—he died his collections remained, and they still remain, as his record in the hieratic language of science.
But the exquisite grace of line is gone, as well as the hieratic calm of the expressions and the smiles.