<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.</li><li>noting or pertaining to a form of ancient Egyptian writing consisting of abridged forms of hieroglyphics, used by the priests in their records.</li><li>noting or pertaining to certain styles in art in which the representations or methods are fixed by or as if by religious tradition.</li><li>highly restrained or severe in emotional import: Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.</li></ul>