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A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.

One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs. Milton.

Dominion or authority in sacred things.

Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests. Hieratic character, a mode of ancient Egyptian writing; a modified form of hieroglyphics, tending toward a cursive hand and formerly supposed to be the sacerdotal character, as the demotic was supposed to be that of the people. It was a false notion of the…

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representatio…

A form of sacred or hieratic writing.

Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. Bp. Warburton.

Of or pertaining to sacred writing.

Sacred writing. [R.] Bailey.

The worship of saints or sacred things. [R.] Coleridge.

A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.

Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.

The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. Liddel & Scott.

Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.

A receptacle for sacred objects.

A sacred or holy work or worship. [Obs.] Waterland.

churchmen emphasize the doctrine of the apostolic succession, and hold, in general, to a sacramental presence in the Eucharist, to baptismal regeneration, and to the sole validity of Episcopal ordination. They attach much importance to ceremonies and symbols in worship. Low-churchmen lay less stress on these points, a…

safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit. Base hit, Safe hit, Sacrifice hit. (Baseball) See under Base, Safe, etc.

Sacredly; inviolably. [R.] Shak.

The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness. Israel was holiness unto the Lord. Jer.ii.3. His holiness, a title of the pope; -- formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors.