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- noun Plural form of
hieroglyphic .
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Examples
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Far otherwise did heretofore the sages of Egypt, when they wrote by letters, which they called hieroglyphics, which none understood who were not skilled in the virtue, property, and nature of the things represented by them.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Far otherwise did heretofore the sages of Egypt, when they wrote by letters, which they called hieroglyphics, which none understood who were not skilled in the virtue, property, and nature of the things represented by them.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Serapis was torn down and laid bare, "says Socrates," there were found in it, engraven on stones, certain characters, which they call hieroglyphics, having the forms of crosses.
The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution 1854
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Egypt, when they wrote by letters, which they called hieroglyphics, which none understood who were not skilled in the virtue, property, and nature of the things represented by them.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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One of the most difficult aspects of translating hieroglyphics is the fact that the ancient Egyptians did not record vowels.
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No name was found for this sport, however, it is chronicled in hieroglyphics from ancient Egypt about 2000 B.C.
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"How," I asked the curator on e-duty, "do I write to be sexually aroused in hieroglyphics?"
Secrets of the Crypt - Arthur Phillips talks about how he came to write The Egyptologist 2010
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A star in hieroglyphics represents God (Nu 24: 17).
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I'm sure there's some graffiti in hieroglyphics on it.)
Lactofree To Be TV Star Steve Carper 2008
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It had little numbers with symbols that we had to call hieroglyphics because I could not understand them.
AS SEEN ON TV: JESSE MARCEL Toby O'B 2010
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