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hagiology
[ hag-ee-ol-uh-jee, hey-jee- ]
noun
plural hagiologies
- the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
- a biography or narrative of a saint or saints.
- a collection of such biographies or narratives.
hagiology
/ ˌhæɡɪˈɒlədʒɪ; ˌhæɡɪəˈlɒdʒɪk /
noun
- literature concerned with the lives and legends of saints
- a biography of a saint
- a collection of such biographies
- an authoritative canon of saints
- a history of sacred writings
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Derived Forms
- hagiologic, adjective
- ˌˈDZDz, noun
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- ···Dz· [hag-ee-, uh, -, loj, -ik, hey-jee-], i··Dzi· adjective
- i·DZo· noun
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of hagiology1
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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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