hierogrammatist
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare French hiérogrammatiste.
Noun
[edit]hierogrammatist (plural hierogrammatists)
- A writer of hierograms
- 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
[edit]- “hierogrammatist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.