En-chō'ri-al or En-chōr'ic, a.

a. [Gr. ἐγχώριος, domestic, native, from ἐν, in, and χώρα, place, country.] Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common;—said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See DEMOTIC.