Hagiography

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The writing of the lives of saints.
  • noun. A biography of a saint.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The writing of an admiring or idealized biography.
  • noun. An admiring or idealized biography.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Sacred writing or literature; sacred writings collectively; a collection of lives of the saints.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as Hagiographa.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The study of saints.
  • noun. A biography of a saint.
  • noun. A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
  • noun. A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
    • Word Usage
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    cross-reference
    mash note  paean  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Life  biography  life history  life story  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    astrophotography  autobiography  bibliography  biography  choreography  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Kabbalah  againt  bestiary  chapbook  city-states  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Buddhology  Clio  Mariolatry  Mariology  Mercersburg theology  
    variant
    Hagiographa  
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