hieratic \hahy-uh-RAT-ik\, adjective:
1. Highly restrained or severe in emotional import: Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.
2. Also, hi·er·at·i·cal. of or pertaining to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
3. Noting or pertaining to a form of ancient Egyptian writing consisting of abridged forms of hieroglyphics, used by the priests in their records.
4. Noting or pertaining to certain styles in art in which the representations or methods are fixed by or as if by religious tradition.
noun:
1. Ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
The landing should have been unimaginably joyous, yet was somehow hieratic. The crew simply stared at the foreign landscape.
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These are fun. And you've managed to capture the meanings in your sentences. Vocabulary is not my strong suit. Maybe I should sign up for WotD... or just keep reading here.
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