Etymology

hierography

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Ancient Greek ἱερός
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἱερός“sacred”
  2. English todayhierography

From Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

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