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hagiology
[ hag-ee-ol-uh-jee, hey-jee- ]
noun
- the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
- a biography or narrative of a saint or saints.
- a collection of such biographies or narratives.
hagiology
/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒlədʒɪ; ˌhæɡɪəˈlɒdʒɪk /
noun
- literature concerned with the lives and legends of saints
- a biography of a saint
- a collection of such biographies
- an authoritative canon of saints
- a history of sacred writings
Derived Forms
- hagiologic, adjective
- ˌhagiˈologist, noun
Other Words From
- hag·i·o·log·ic [hag-ee-, uh, -, loj, -ik, hey-jee-], hagi·o·logi·cal adjective
- hagi·olo·gist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of hagiology1
Example Sentences
He earned that moment, and all the Louisiana hagiology that will follow.
The children of murdered republicans would be brainwashed with mariology and hagiology.
Names from the great Church festivals fared as badly as those from the hagiology.
The hagiology of all religions offers endless examples of this type.
But the bases of hagiology may fairly be said to have been laid at the time when hagiographic documents, hitherto dispersed, were first brought together into collections.
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