hierogrammatic

English

Etymology

Compare French hiérogrammatique.

Adjective

hierogrammatic (not comparable)

1. Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.
   • 1738–1741, William Warburton, The Divine Legation of Moses […], volumes (please specify |volume=I, II.1, or II.2), London: […] Fletcher Gyles, […], →OCLC:

     The third EPISTOLIC , so called , as we shall see , from its being first applied to civil matters : and the fourth and last , HIEROGRAMMATIC , from its being only used in religious

References

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