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hagiographer

or 󲹲··Dz··󾱲

[ hag-ee-og-ruh-fer, hey-jee- ]

noun

  1. one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
  2. a writer of lives of the saints; hagiologist.


hagiographer

/ ˌæɡɪˈɒɡəə /

noun

  1. a person who writes about the lives of the saints
  2. one of the writers of the Hagiographa
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of hagiographer1

1650–60; < Greek 󲹲ó ( os ) + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Ambrose may have been an academically trained historian, but he seemed to pride himself on being a hagiographer.

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Hansen is not a hagiographer, and parts of the book are unflattering and depart from official Cuban lore.

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Its portrait of Berlin, and everyone around him except his sainted wife Ellin, is so sour and clammy that you might think it was written by a character assassin instead of a hagiographer.

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How he grew an inch, at the age of 70, is a story that has escaped his hagiographers at Fox.

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As his hagiographers tell the story, Kim II Sung’s most important intellectual achievement—his brilliant juche idea—asserts that national pride goes hand in glove with self-reliance.

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