definition of the word hagiography

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Hagiography

From Greek άγιος (hagios), “‘holy’”) + -γραφία (-graphy), “‘writing’”).

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(US) IPA: /ˌheɪdʒiˈɑgrəfi/, SAMPA: /%heIdZi"Agr@fi/
(UK) IPA: /ˌhægiˈɒgrəfi/, SAMPA: /%h{gi"Qgr@fi/

Singular
hagiography

Plural
countable and uncountable; hagiographies

hagiography (countable and uncountable; plural hagiographies)

(uncountable) The study of saints.
(countable) A biography of a saint.
(countable) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.
(uncountable, by extension) A tactic adopted in Stalinist Russia to increase the popularity and power of Lenin.

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