hagiology
noun
the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
hagiological
-
a word derived from
hagiology.
Example Sentences
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His experiments on the red colouring matter of drosera rotundifolia had formed the subject of a monograph, and he was particularly interested in the hagiological folk-lore of Lower Brittany.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan
The lion is common enough, of course, in Christian art both hagiological and heraldic.
From The New Jerusalem by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
He took exception to the hagiological licence which assigns lofty motives to trivial actions.
From Americans and Others by Agnes Repplier
A large number of these hagiological names were extra-Biblical—such as Cecilia, Catharine, or Theobald.
From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles W. Bardsley
Most of the material here is hagiological biography, occasionally revised as by Leo XIII. in view of archaeological and other discoveries, but still largely uncritical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
