curiologic

Kyriological \Kyr`i*o*log"ic*al\, a. [See {Curiologic}.]
   Serving to denote objects by conventional signs or
   alphabetical characters; as, the original Greek alphabet of
   sixteen letters was called kyriologic, because it represented
   the pure elementary sounds. See {Curiologic}. [Written also
   {curiologic} and {kuriologic}.]
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   Note: The term is also applied, as by Warburton, to those
         Egyptian hieroglyphics, in which a part is put
         conventionally for the whole, as in depicting a battle
         by two hands, one holding a shield and the other a bow.
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Curiologic \Cu`ri*o*log"ic\ (-?-l?j"?k), a. [Gr. kyriologiko`s
   speaking literally (applied to curiologic hieroglyphics);
   ky`rios authoritative, proper + lo`gos word, thought. Cf.
   {Cyriologic}.]
   Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing
   is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.
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