Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hierography

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hi-erog-ra-phy
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sacred writing.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The history of religion is not content with describing special religions (hierography), or with relating their vicissitudes and metamorphoses (the history of religions); its aim is to show how religion, considered generally as the relation between man and the superhuman powers which he believes, has developed in the course of ages among different nations and races,"
"“DEUS ipse arcana sua mysterijs involuit: Agnus Christum refert; eumque crucifixum ex aere Anguis,” and according to him, the Hebrews were the first nation to avail themselves of this hierography."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἱερός

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

hierographies (plural)

Questions

What does hierography mean?: Sacred writing.
Where does hierography come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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