hagiography
noun
the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
hagiographic
-
a word derived from
hagiography.
Example Sentences
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The hagiographic tone of “The Man Will Burn” obscures that.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
While these celebrity docs are hagiographic and formulaic, the interviews with Nadal and family and rivals like Federer and Novak Djokovic do push beyond the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
In both movie versions and in the hagiographic book The Twelfth of August: The Life of Sheriff Buford Pusser, by W.R.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
The sudden fall of a modern-day icon – only last year he was the subject was a hagiographic biopic – has been greeted with less surprise than might have been expected.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024
Thanks to the combined efforts of a great number of scholars, the classification of the hagiographic texts has in recent years made notable progress.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
