Definition of "hiero" []

• An element in many compounds of Greek origin, meaning ‘sacred, holy, divine.’ (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The whole, complicated, and hardly known large body of meanings, disguised by the cryptic language of hiero - glyphs, emblems, and iconologies, became one of the main topics of study."
• "Egypt, because of its antiquity and the affinities of the hiero - glyphs to Chinese characters, was identified by some as the center from which the great postdiluvian migra - tion to the East began."
• "An example of a number system in which collective units are used in regular fashion is the Egyptian hiero - glyphic one, dating from about 3000 B.C."