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hagiology

[ hag-ee-ol-uh-jee, hey-jee- ]

noun

plural hagiologies
  1. the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
  2. a biography or narrative of a saint or saints.
  3. a collection of such biographies or narratives.


hagiology

/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒlədʒɪ; ˌhæɡɪəˈlɒdʒɪk /

noun

  1. literature concerned with the lives and legends of saints
    1. a biography of a saint
    2. a collection of such biographies
  2. an authoritative canon of saints
  3. a history of sacred writings
“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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Derived Forms

  • hagiologic, adjective
  • ˌ󲹲ˈDZDz, noun
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  • 󲹲···Dz· [hag-ee-, uh, -, loj, -ik, hey-jee-], 󲹲i··Dzi· adjective
  • 󲹲i·DZo· noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hagiology1

First recorded in 1800–10; hagio- + -logy
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Example Sentences

He earned that moment, and all the Louisiana hagiology that will follow.

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The children of murdered republicans would be brainwashed with mariology and hagiology.

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Names from the great Church festivals fared as badly as those from the hagiology.

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The hagiology of all religions offers endless examples of this type.

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But the bases of hagiology may fairly be said to have been laid at the time when hagiographic documents, hitherto dispersed, were first brought together into collections.

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