hierogrammat

[ hahy-er-uh-gram-uht, -at, hahy-ruh- ]

noun

1. a writer of hierograms.

Other Words From

• hi·er·o·gram·mat·ic [hahy-er-, uh, -gr, uh, -, mat, -ik, hahy-r, uh, -], hier·o·gram·mati·cal adjective
• hier·o·gramma·tist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hierogrammat¹

1670–80; < Greek hierogrammateús sacred scribe, equivalent to hiero- hiero- + grammateús scribe; graph

Example Sentences

On Plates 23, 24, 25, and 26 of the Codex Cortesianus, where the same groups and symbols are seen reproduced of which I have just spoken, the hierogrammat has drawn four figures identical in shape and dress.

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