adj. Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
adj. Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
n. Language as spoken by the common people.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Popular; pertaining to the common people: specifically applied to a certain mode of writing used in Egypt for epistolary and business purposes from about the seventh century b. c., as distinguished from the hieratic and hieroglyphic. Also called enchorial.
Pertaining to a people developed beyond the tribal stage and including individuals of various kindreds or nationalities.
Social.
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n. a simplified cursive form of the ancient hieratic script
adj. of or written in or belonging to the form of modern Greek based on colloquial use