hiero-, hier- +

A sacred marriage.

1. A hieroglyphic character; a figure of some object, as a tree, animal, etc., standing for a word (or, afterwards, in some cases, a syllable or sound), and forming an element of a species of writing found on ancient Egyptian monuments and records; thence extended to such figures similarly used in the writing of other races. Also, a writing consisting of characters of this kind.
2. Inscribed with hieroglyphs.

1. Written in hieroglyphs.
2. Inscribed with hieroglyphs.

One who writes in hieroglyphs.

1. A writing system that uses symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds, originally and especially in the writing system of ancient Egypt (takes a singular verb).
2. Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible).
3. Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols.
4. Resembling hieroglyphic writing.

From the Greek hieros, "sacred" or "powerful" and glyphikos "carving". A writing system in which pictures or symbols, rather than letters of a phonetic alphabet, are used to represent words, syllables, and sounds. The ancient Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphs that were not deciphered until after the discovery in 1799 of the Rosetta Stone, which bears the same inscription in three different scripts: hieratic Egyptian (formal), demotic Egyptian (cursive), and ancient Greek.

1. Resembling hieroglyphic writing; not decipherable; hieroglyphic.
2. Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols.
3. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.

1. In or by means of hieroglyphics or picture-writing.
2. Symbolically, emblematically; metaphorically.

1. Someone who studies hieroglyphics.
2. A person who is versed and who writes in hieroglyphics.
3. A specialist in hieroglyphical presentations.

To write or express by hieroglyphics.

The study of hieroglyphic writing, or a system employing a conventionalized pictographic script, especially that used by the ancient Egyptians.

1. A sacred symbol or character; a hieroglyph (literally and figuratively).
2. A form of sacred or hieratic writing; an emblem, pictograph, or the like.

A writer of hierograms (sacred symbols).

A writer of sacred records; specifically, of hieroglyphics.

1. Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.
2. Of the nature of a hierogram, relating to or consisting of hierograms.

A writer of hierograms (sacred symbols); also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.