DEMOTIC SCRIPT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Demotic script mean? 

• DEMOTIC SCRIPT (noun)
  The noun DEMOTIC SCRIPT has 1 sense:

1. a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

  Familiarity information: DEMOTIC SCRIPT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMOTIC SCRIPT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Demotic; Demotic script

Context example:

Demotic script was eventually replaced by Greek

Hypernyms ("Demotic script" is a kind of...):

hieratic; hieratic script (a cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests)