n. A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who writes or treats of the lives of the saints.
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n. the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
Word Usage
"Fathers, the hagiologist, and the bibliophile, his very name has almost sunk into oblivion; but to these savants he stands forth as the compiler of that marvellous collection of the Lives of the Saints, known as The"