hagiography
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
hagiography
- (uncountable) The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.
- (countable) A biography of a saint.
- (countable) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
- (pejorative) A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
- French: hagiographie
- German: Lebensbeschreibung der Heiligen
- Italian: agiografía
- Portuguese: hagiografia
- Russian: агиогра́фия
- Spanish: hagiografía
- French: hagiographie
- German: Lebensbeschreibung der Heiligen
- Italian: agiografía
- Portuguese: hagiografia
- Russian: агиогра́фия
- Spanish: hagiografía
- Russian: житие́
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