hagiographer
or hag·i·og·ra·phist
one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
a writer of lives of the saints; hagiologist.
Origin of hagiographer
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How to use hagiographer in a sentence
It may be that some hagiographer yet to come will find the stained sheets of fact and memory amid his papers.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd Relin was not some hack hagiographer who regurgitated whatever his primary source told him.
The Death of Co-Author of ‘Three Cups of Tea’ Is Ruled Suicide | Michael Daly | December 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it is unlikely that the Premier will find a more competent hagiographer.
With this end of glorification in view the hagiographer is prepared to swallow everything and record anything.
Lives of SS. Declan and Mochuda | AnonymousSuch a claim is natural to the hagiographer; yet there lies behind it a certain truth.
Ruysbroeck | Evelyn Underhill
British Dictionary definitions for hagiographer
hagiographist
/ (ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfə) /
a person who writes about the lives of the saints
one of the writers of the Hagiographa
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