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hagiographer
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hag·i·og·ra·phy  (hg-gr-f, hj-)
n. pl. hag·i·og·ra·phies
1. Biography of saints.
2. A worshipful or idealizing biography.
hagi·ograph·er n.
hagi·o·graphic (--grfk), hagi·o·graphi·cal adj.
hagiographer [ˌhægɪˈɒgrəfə], hagiographist
n
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) a person who writes about the lives of the saints
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) one of the writers of the Hagiographa
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Noun1.hagiographer - the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
hagiographist, hagiologist
biographer - someone who writes an account of a person's life
Translations
hagiographer [ˌhægɪˈɒgrəfəʳ] N → hagiógrafo/a m/f
hagiographer
n (lit, fig) → Hagiograf(in) m(f)
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To the contrary, my entire article was driven by my disagreement with his modern-day hagiographers who refuse to give us the whole man--great in many ways but seriously flawed in others.
The author responds by Quinn, Peter / Commonweal
These works are used by hagiographers to this day, although they need to be supplemented by subsequent research.
Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould: "squarson dilettante" (1834-1924) by Horton, A.V.M. / Borneo Research Bulletin
Yet to listen to the haggle of hagiographers singing the deceased politician's praises last week, you'd think he was a messianic mix of Ghandi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.
Lorne Jackson: Why we couldn't rely on Reliant Robin by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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