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hagiographist

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hag⋅i⋅og⋅ra⋅pher

[hag-ee-og-ruh-fer, hey-jee-]
–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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hagiographist

noun
the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography [syn: hagiographer
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