enchorial

American  

[en-kawr-ee-uhl, -kohr-] / ɛnˈkɔr i əl, -ˈkoʊr- /

Also enchoric

adjective

1. (especially of demotic writing) belonging to or used in a particular country.

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enchorial British  

/ ɛnˈkɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or used in a particular country: used esp of the popular (demotic) writing of the ancient Egyptians

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Etymology

Origin of enchorial

1815–25; < Late Latin enchōri ( us ) (< Greek enchṓrios native, equivalent to en- en- ² + chṓr ( ā ) country + -ios adj. suffix) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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enchorial

Under the opening credits come the enchorial strains of God Save the Queen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The latter has been also termed enchorial, or popular.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

The Egyptians also wrote from right to left in the hieratic and demotic and enchorial styles.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by David Nunes Carvalho

In writing numbers in the hieratic and enchorial the units were placed to the left.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by David Nunes Carvalho

Another mode of cursive writing used by the people and employed in law, literature, and secular matters, is known as demotic or enchorial.

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by James King