hierogrammat

American

[hahy-er-uh-gram-uht, -at, hahy-ruh-] / ˌhaɪ ər əˈgræm ət, -æt, ˌhaɪ rə- /

Also hierogrammate

noun

a writer of hierograms.

Other Word Forms

hierogrammatic adjective
hierogrammatical adjective
hierogrammatist noun

Etymology

Origin of hierogrammat

1670–80; < Greek hierogrammateús sacred scribe, equivalent to hiero- hiero- + grammateús scribe; graph

Example Sentences

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On Plates 23, 24, 25, and 26 of the Codex Cortesianus, where the same groups and symbols are seen reproduced of which I have just spoken, the hierogrammat has drawn four figures identical in shape and dress.

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