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hagiographer

or hag·i·og·ra·phist

[hag-ee-og-ruh-fer, hey-jee-]
noun
  1. one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
  2. a writer of lives of the saints; hagiologist.
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Origin of hagiographer

1650–60; < Greek hagiógraph(os) + -er1
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Historical Examples of hagiographer

  • With this end of glorification in view the hagiographer is prepared to swallow everything and record anything.

  • Such a claim is natural to the hagiographer; yet there lies behind it a certain truth.

    Ruysbroeck

    Evelyn Underhill

British Dictionary definitions for hagiographer

hagiographer

hagiographist

noun
  1. a person who writes about the lives of the saints
  2. one of the writers of the Hagiographa
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