hagiography
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iˈɒg noun, plural hag·i·og·ra·phies.
the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
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hagiography (ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -phies | |
| 1. | the writing of the lives of the saints |
| 2. | biography of the saints |
| 3. | any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject |
| hagiographic | |
| —adj | |
| hagio'graphical | |
| —adj | |
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Hagiography
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Example sentences
He excelled at hagiography and left psychological penetration mostly in the eye of the beholder.
There is a place such hagiography usually belongs: not on your bookshelf.
However, there was a slight air of hagiography about the set-up.
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