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enchorial
[ en-kawr-ee-uhl, -kohr- ]
adjective
- (especially of demotic writing) belonging to or used in a particular country.
enchorial
/ ɛnˈkɔːrɪəl /
adjective
- of or used in a particular country: used esp of the popular (demotic) writing of the ancient Egyptians
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enchorial1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enchorial1
C19: via Late Latin from Greek enkhōrios, from en- ² + khōra country
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Example Sentences
There was another language used by the ancient Egyptians, and expressed in what is called the demotic or enchorial character.
From Project Gutenberg
The third kind of Egyptian writing which was formerly also called "enchorial" or indigenous.
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Sometimes the papyri are found written in the enchorial character.
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