hag·i·og·ra·phy
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| the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology. |
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hag·i·o·graph·ic
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hagiography
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| hag·i·og·ra·phy
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n. pl. hag·i·og·ra·phies
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 | |
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| 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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