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hagiology
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"study of saints' lives," 1807, from Greek hagios "holy, devoted to the gods" + -ology . First element perhaps from PIE *yag- "to worship, reverence," and cognate with Greek agnos "chaste," Sanskrit yajati "reveres (a god) with sacrifices, worships," Old ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hagiology \Ha`gi*ol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n. [Gr. "a`gios sacred + -logy.] The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. --J. H. Newman.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. literature dealing with the lives of saints
Usage examples of hagiology.
Shirley, who packed more genuine desire to please people in her delicious skinny body than any two saints in the hagiology, should have laid down a big, flat flagstone of her own.
St Catherine and the rest of the Catholic hagiology as an obsolete iconography of exploded myths.