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hag·i·og·ra·phy    Audio Help   [hag-ee-og-ruh-fee, hey-jee-] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -phies.
the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
[Origin: 1805–15; hagio- + -graphy]

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hag·i·o·graph·ic    Audio Help   [hag-ee-uh-graf-ik, hey-jee-] Pronunciation Key, hag·i·o·graph·i·cal, adjective
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hag·i·og·ra·phy    Audio Help   (hāg'ē-ŏg'rə-fē, hā'jē-)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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hagiography

noun
a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) 

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Hagiography

Ha`gi*og"ra*phy\ (?, 277), n. Same Hagiographa.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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