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Hessonites
- noun - a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown
Hiccoughed
- verb - breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water"
Hierocracy
- noun - a ruling body composed of clergy
Hieroglyph
- noun - a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
- writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
Hierolatry
- noun - the worship of saints
Hieromancy
- - Divination by observing the objects offered in sacrifice.
Hieronymus
- noun - (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
Hierophant
- - The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of a religion or an arcane discipline; an expositor; as, In his television series Carl Sagan became the foremost hierophant of modern cosmology..
Hieroscopy
- - Divination by inspection of entrails of victims offered in sacrifice.
Hierotheca
- - A receptacle for sacred objects.