Hagiography

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Biography of saints.
  • n. A worshipful or idealizing biography.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The study of saints.
  • n. A biography of a saint.
  • n. A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
  • n. A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as Hagiographa.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Sacred writing or literature; sacred writings collectively; a collection of lives of the saints.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
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    Life    life history    life story    biography   
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