Pharaonic

[ fair-ey-on-ik, far- ]

/ ˌfɛər eɪˈɒn ɪk, ˌfær- /

(sometimes lowercase) of or like a Pharaoh: living in Pharaonic splendor.

(usually lowercase) impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.: a construction project of pharaonic proportions.

(lowercase) cruelly oppressive; tyrannical: pharaonic tax laws.

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1850–55; < Greek Pharaōn- (stem of Pharaṓ pharaoh) + -ic

pre-Phar·a·on·ic, adjective

Pharaonic scenes, Muslim symbols, poetry, and Coptic icons—great vivid murals bloomed onto the walls.
Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring|Ahdaf Soueif|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Pharaonic times it supported a large population, but the numerous ruins are mostly of later date.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7|Various
Would the trials and tribulations and Pharaonic plagues never cease descending on her!
No. 13 Washington Square|Leroy Scott
The ancient Pharaonic empire begins, or perhaps the reign of the divine dynasties.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898|Various

Nekht-nebf, the last king, was a poor specimen of the Pharaonic type of monarch.
Ancient Egypt|George Rawlinson
Perhaps from one of the numerous pavilions which went to make up a pharaonic palace.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot