enchorial
[ en-kawr-ee-uh l, -kohr- ]
/ ɛnˈkɔr i əl, -ˈkoʊr- /
adjective
(especially of demotic writing) belonging to or used in a particular country.
Also
en·chor·ic
[en-kawr-ik, -kor-] /ɛnˈkɔr ɪk, -ˈkɒr-/.
Words nearby enchorial
enchiridion,
enchondral,
enchondroma,
enchondromatosis,
enchondrosarcoma,
enchorial,
encina,
encincture,
encipher,
encircle,
encke
Example sentences from the Web for enchorial
Sometimes the papyri are found written in the enchorial character.
Museum of Antiquity |L. W. YaggyThe third kind of Egyptian writing which was formerly also called "enchorial" or indigenous.
The New York Obelisk |Charles E. MoldenkeThere was another language used by the ancient Egyptians, and expressed in what is called the demotic or enchorial character.
British Dictionary definitions for enchorial
enchorial
enchoric
/ (ɛnˈkɔːrɪəl) /
adjective
of or used in a particular country: used esp of the popular (demotic) writing of the ancient Egyptians
Word Origin for enchorial
C19: via Late Latin from Greek
enkhōrios, from
en- ² +
khōra country