hagiography
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/ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/
English
Definitions
noun
- The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.
- A biography of a saint.
- A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
- A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
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Synonyms
hagiologysaintologyhistoriographyheresiologymystoriographymartyrologystoriologymartyrologieghostologypathographyidiographymythologygenealogypatrologyhistiologysoteriology