hagiology
noun
the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Our old Scottish hagiologies, witch trials, ecclesiastical records, etc., abound with notices of them.
From Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 by John Stuart