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hagiographer

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hag⋅i⋅og⋅ra⋅pher

  [hag-ee-og-ruh-fer, hey-jee-]
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–noun
1. one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
2. a writer of lives of the saints; hagiologist.
Also, hag⋅i⋅og⋅ra⋅phist.

Origin:
1650–60; < Gk hagiógraph(os) + -er 1
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hag·i·og·ra·phy   (hāg'ē-ŏg'rə-fē, hā'jē-)   
n.   pl. hag·i·og·ra·phies

  1. Biography of saints.

  2. A worshipful or idealizing biography.

hag'i·og'raph·er n., hag'i·o·graph'ic (-ə-grāf'ĭk), hag'i·o·graph'i·cal adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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