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hagiography definition

hagi·og·ra·phy (hag′ē äg′rə fē, hā′jē-)

noun pl. hagiographies -·phies

  1. a book or writing, or an assemblage of these, about the lives of saints
  2. such books or writings as a field of study

Etymology: hagio- + -graphy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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