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Hagiography

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Noun

1. hagiography

a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)

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Hagiography

see synonyms of hagiography
noun plural -phies
1. 
the writing of the lives of the saints
2. 
biography of the saints
3. 
any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject

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Hagiography

see synonyms of hagiography
nounWord forms: plural ˌhagiˈographies
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

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Hagiography

see synonyms of hagiography
n. pl. hag·i·og·ra·phies
1.
a. The writing of the lives of saints.
b. A biography of a saint.
2.
a. The writing of an admiring or idealized biography.
b. An admiring or idealized biography.

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