hierogrammatist

English

Etymology

Compare French hiérogrammatiste.

Noun

hierogrammatist (plural hierogrammatists)

1. A writer of hierograms
2. One skilled in hieroglyphics.
   • 1705, Thomas Greenhill, Νεκροκηδεία or The Art of Embalming:

     […] the other us’d only by Priests, Prophets, Hierogrammatists or Holy Writers

References

• “hierogrammatist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.