In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.
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Hieratic
//ˌhaɪ(ə)ˈɹætɪk//
Synonyms for "hieratic" (22 found)
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25 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- жречески adj (of or pertaining to priests)
- свещенически adj (of or pertaining to priests)
Catalan
1 entries- hieràtic adj (of or pertaining to priests)
Finnish
1 entries- hieraattinen adj (of or pertaining to priests)
French
2 entries- hiératique adj (of or pertaining to the cursive writing system developed by ancient Egyptian priests)
- hiératique adj (extremely stylized, restrained or formal)
German
2 entries- hieratisch adj (of or pertaining to priests)
- hieratisch adj (of or pertaining to the cursive writing system developed by ancient Egyptian priests)
Greek
1 entries- ιερατικός adj (of or pertaining to priests)
Italian
4 entries- austero adj (extremely stylized, restrained or formal)
- ieratico adj (of or pertaining to priests)
- ieratico adj (of or pertaining to the cursive writing system developed by ancient Egyptian priests)
- ieratico adj (extremely stylized, restrained or formal)
Portuguese
3 entries- hierático adj (of or pertaining to priests)
- hierático adj (of or pertaining to the cursive writing system developed by ancient Egyptian priests)
- hierático adj (extremely stylized, restrained or formal)
Russian
1 entries- свяще́ннический adj (of or pertaining to priests)
Spanish
3 entries- hierático adj (of or pertaining to priests)
- hierático adj (of or pertaining to the cursive writing system developed by ancient Egyptian priests)
- hierático adj (extremely stylized, restrained or formal)
Swedish
2 entries- hieratisk adj (of or pertaining to priests)
- prästerlig adj (of or pertaining to priests)
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The witch, repository of hieratic lore and folk legends and occult arcana, became the distributor of philtres and unguents, electuaries and pastilles, herbs and charms and incantations - directed toward sexual pleasures and amatory satisfactions.
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The papyrus was written in hieratic, a cursive form of hieroglyphics.
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Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.
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