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Enchorial
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
en·cho·ri·al       [en-kawr-ee-uhl, -kohr-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
(esp. of demotic writing) belonging to or used in a particular country.
Also, en·chor·ic       [en-kawr-ik, -kor-] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1815–25; < LL enchōri(us) (< Gk enchrios native, equiv. to en- en-2 + chr(ā) country + -ios adj. suffix) + -al1]
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Enchorial

De*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people: cf. F. d['e]motique.] Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common.

Demotic alphabet or character, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also epistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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