Wordie: Hieratic: Comments

Comment by johnmperry, 2 months ago

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:03:28 +0000

Comment by yarb, 2 months ago

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:57:35 +0000

Citation on gamin.

Comment by ofravens, 5 months ago

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:13:58 +0000

Where bees ... sleep out the blizzard
Like hieratic stones, and the ground is hard.
from "Electra on Azalea Path," Sylvia Plath

Comment by chained_bear, 5 months ago

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:10:19 +0000

"Pullings turned to Norton, the mate of the watch, and said, 'Make it twelve,' in a strong, hieratic voice."
--P. O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 221

Aah. Now I get why the guy on that one tarot card is called "the hierophant."