Associations to the word «Hagiography»
Noun
- Cymru
- Vita
- Celtic
- Kell
- Genealogy
- Martyrdom
- Mysticism
- Circle
- Welsh
- Gaul
- Saint
- Metz
- Veneration
- Miracle
- Subscription
- Prodigy
- Holiness
- Briton
- Cult
- Yr
- Christianity
- Liturgy
- Chadwick
- Marking
- Sufi
- Intolerance
- Cauldron
- Sanctity
- Oswald
- Hadith
- Annal
- Sant
- Gospel
- Ignatius
- Historiography
- Druid
- Relic
- Chronicle
- Simeon
- Armagh
- Alba
- Irish
- Iconography
- Kingship
- Insanity
- Samson
- Awakening
- Nationalism
- Martyr
- Triad
- Cistercian
- Messiah
- Derry
- Romanticism
- Tristan
- Amulet
- Coinage
- Franciscan
- Celt
- Manuscript
- Ado
- Ard
- Rus
- Mac
- Gloss
- Monastery
- Buddhism
- Legend
- Piety
- Genre
- Monk
- Nectar
- Patriotism
- Monmouth
- Persecution
- Margin
- Jacobite
- Cos
- Orthodoxy
- Griffiths
Wiktionary
HAGIOGRAPHY, noun. (uncountable) The study of saints.
HAGIOGRAPHY, noun. (countable) A biography of a saint.
HAGIOGRAPHY, noun. (countable) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
HAGIOGRAPHY, noun. (pejorative) A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda.
Dictionary definition
HAGIOGRAPHY, noun. A biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint).
Wise words
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