hagiography

[hag-ee-og-ruh-fee, hey-jee-] Example Sentences

hag·i·og·ra·phy

[hag-ee-og-ruh-fee, hey-jee-]
noun, plural hag·i·og·ra·phies.
the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.

Origin:
1805–15; hagio- + -graphy

hag·i·o·graph·ic [hag-ee-uh-graf-ik, hey-jee-] , hag·i·o·graph·i·cal, adjective
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Hagiography has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
Example Sentences
  • There is a place such hagiography usually belongs: not on your bookshelf.
  • He excelled at hagiography and left psychological penetration mostly in the eye of the beholder.
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World English Dictionary
hagiography (ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪ)
 
n , pl -phies
1.  the writing of the lives of the saints
2.  biography of the saints
3.  any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject
 
hagiographic
 
adj
 
hagio'graphical
 
adj

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