Meanings
adjectivehierogrammatic (not comparable)
- not comparableWritten in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.
The third EPISTOLIC , so called , as we shall see , from its being first applied to civil matters : and the fourth and last , HIEROGRAMMATIC , from its being only used in religious
1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC
Origin
Compare French hiérogrammatique.
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