hagiography

Noun
US[hag-ee-ah-gruh-fee]/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡrəfi/5 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)Type of biography, life

Related words hagiographer noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ha′gi·og′ra·phy (-fy̆; 277), noun

Same as Hagiographa.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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