enchorial

[ en-kawr-ee-uhl, -kohr- ]

adjective

1. (especially of demotic writing) belonging to or used in a particular country.

enchorial

/ ɛnˈkɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or used in a particular country: used esp of the popular (demotic) writing of the ancient Egyptians

Word History and Origins

Origin of enchorial¹

1815–25; < Late Latin enchōri ( us ) (< Greek enchṓrios native, equivalent to en- en- ² + chṓr ( ā ) country + -ios adj. suffix) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of enchorial¹

C19: via Late Latin from Greek enkhōrios, from en- ² + khōra country

Example Sentences

There was another language used by the ancient Egyptians, and expressed in what is called the demotic or enchorial character.

From Project Gutenberg

Rosetta-stone, rō-zet′a-stōn, n. a slab of black basalt found at Rosetta in Egypt in 1799, having inscribed upon it, in hieroglyphics, demotic or enchorial, and Greek, a decree in honour of Ptolemy V.—the first clue to the decipherment of hieroglyphics.

From Project Gutenberg

The latter part of the Greek inscription was very much injured, but was restored by the conjectures of Porson and Heyne, and read as follows:—"What is here decreed shall be inscribed on a block of hard stone, in sacred, in enchorial, and in Greek characters, and placed in each temple, of the first, second, and third gods."

From Project Gutenberg

The stone bore an inscription in three different kinds of character—the Hieroglyphic, the Enchorial or Demotic, and the ordinary Greek.

From Project Gutenberg

Another mode of cursive writing used by the people and employed in law, literature, and secular matters, is known as demotic or enchorial.

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