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hag⋅i⋅og⋅ra⋅phy

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

Related forms:
hag⋅i⋅o⋅graph⋅ic  [hag-ee-uh-graf-ik, hey-jee-] , hag⋅i⋅o⋅graph⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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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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Hagiography

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