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hagiographical — hagiographic ha gi*o*graph ic (h[a^] g[ e]*[o^]*gr[.a]f [i^]k), hagiographical ha gi*o*graph ic*al(h[a^] g[ e]*[o^]*gr[.a]f [i^]k*al), 1. of or pertaining to the Hagiographa, or to sacred writings; same as {hagiographal}. [PJC] 2. of or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hagiographical — hagiography ► NOUN 1) the writing of the lives of saints. 2) a biography idealizing its subject. DERIVATIVES hagiographic adjective hagiographical adjective … English terms dictionary
hagiographical — adjective see hagiographic … New Collegiate Dictionary
hagiographical — adjective hagiographic … Wiktionary
hagiographical — hag·i·o·graph·i·cal … English syllables
hagiographical — adjective see hagiographic … Useful english dictionary
The Bollandists — The Bollandists † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… … Catholic encyclopedia
Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence — Guernes de Pont Sainte Maxence, also known as Garnier, was a 12th century French scribe and one of the ten biographers [Knowles, David, The Episcopal Colleagues of Archbishop Thomas Becket, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 1951)54] of… … Wikipedia
Rumi — For other uses, see Rumi (disambiguation). Mevlevi redirects here. For other uses, see Mevlevi (disambiguation). Mewlānā Jalāl ad Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī مولانا جلالالدین محمد بلخی Jalal ad Dīn Muhammad Rumi … Wikipedia
Hagiography — • The name given to that branch of learning which has the saints and their worship for its object Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hagiography Hagiography … Catholic encyclopedia
