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hierogrammat

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

noun

  1. 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

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