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Hag⋅i⋅og⋅ra⋅pha

  [hag-ee-og-ruh-fuh, hey-jee-]
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–noun (used with a singular verb)
the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
Also called the Writings.

Origin:
< LL < Gk: sacred writings, equiv. to hagio- hagio- + -grapha, neut. pl. of -graphos -graph
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Hag·i·og·ra·pha   (hāg'ē-ŏg'rə-fə, hā'jē-)   
pl.n.   Bible (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The Writings.

[Late Latin, from Late Greek, from neuter pl. of hagiographos, written by inspiration, scriptural : Greek hagio-, hagio- + Greek -graphos, written (from graphein, to write; see -graph).]
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Hagiographa

Ha`gi*og"ra*pha\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? (sc.?), fr. ? written by inspiration; ? sacred, holy + ? to write.]

1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.

2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. --Brande & C.
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Hagiographa

the holy writings, a term which came early into use in the Christian church to denote the third division of the Old Testament scriptures, called by the Jews Kethubim, i.e., "Writings." It consisted of five books, viz., Job, Proverbs, and Psalms, and the two books of Chronicles. The ancient Jews classified their sacred books as the Law, the Prophets, and the Kethubim, or Writings. (See BIBLE.) In the New Testament (Luke 24:44) we find three corresponding divisions, viz., the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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