- saint: hagiocracy
- sacred, holy: hagiographer
Also, before a vowel, hagi-
Origin of hagio-
from Classical Greek hagios, holyhagio-
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hagio-
or hagi-
prefix
- Saint: hagiography.
- Holy: hagioscope.
Origin of hagio-
Greek hagios holyTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Prefix
- Forming compound words pertaining to saints.
Origin
From combining form of Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hagios, “holy, saintly”).
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