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hagiography::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | biography, life, life history, life story |
| Derivation | hagiographer |
Examples of hagiography
hagiography
The movies love a lone hero, and Edison was a natural for Hollywood hagiography.
From the time.com
The hagiography of Lincoln's friends and associates seems to have had no bounds.
From the newsobserver.com
This idea reflects a motif popular in the hagiography of the early 15th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I think the whole thing is a hagiography written by the U.S. Army as propaganda.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Saint Stephen's hagiography is included in Jacobus de Voragine's Golden Legend.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Lots of well-written, informative material here, but veers towards hagiography.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Besides sacred poetry, hagiography flourished from the sixth to the 11th century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Forget the demons, which are common to all humans, and you're writing hagiography.
From the guardian.co.uk
Oh, I'm also looking forward to seeing Oliver Stone's Hugo Chavez hagiography.
From the theatlantic.com
- A biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint)
- (hagiographer) the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
- A hagiography /u02CChu00E6u0261iu02C8u0252u0261ru0259fi/ is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader. The term hagiography may be used to refer to the biography of a saint or highly developed spiritual being in any of the world's spiritual traditions.
- The study of saints; A biography of a saint; A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject
- (Gr. Hagiologia) The writings of the Church Fathers and the study of the lives of the saints. The Orthodox Church is a reservoir of such writings, which the faithful are urged to read for their spiritual growth and development.
- The writing of the lives of saints, frequently idealized and embellished to present moral lessons and extremely popular throughout the Middle Ages. ...
- Writing of saints' lives
