Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests
{s} of or pertaining to a hieroglyph; written in hieroglyphics (pictographic script of the ancient Egyptians); hard to decipher
Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk
A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc
It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a
Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark