hieratic

Of or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.

Extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import.

Of or pertaining to the cursive writing system that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system as its ordinary handwritten counterpart.

(historical) A writing system used in pharaonic Egypt that was developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, primarily written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, allowing scribes to write quickly without resorting to the time consuming hieroglyphs.