hagiography (redirected from hagiographical)

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.

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hagi·ograph·er n.

hagi·o·graphic (--grfk), hagi·o·graphi·cal adj.

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hagiography [ˌhægɪˈɒgrəfɪ]

n pl -phies

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the writing of the lives of the saints

2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) biography of the saints

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject

hagiographic  [ˌhægɪəˈgræfɪk], hagiographical adj

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hagiography

the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology. — hagiographer, n. — hagiographic, hagiographical, adj.

See also: Saints

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hagiography - a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) biography, life history, life story, life - an account of the series of events making up a person's life

Translations

hagiography [ˌhægɪˈɒgrəfɪ] N → hagiografía f

hagiography

n (lit, fig) → Hagiografie f; (lit also) → Heiligengeschichte f