What does hagiographer mean?
Definitions for hagiographer
ˌhæg iˈɒg rə fər, ˌheɪ dʒi-ha·giog·ra·pher
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Princeton's WordNet
hagiographer, hagiographist, hagiologistnoun
the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
Wiktionary
hagiographernoun
someone who writes the biography of a saint
hagiographernoun
someone who writes praising and flattering things about a person (as if that person were a saint)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hagiographernoun
A holy writer.
Etymology: ἅγιος and γϱάφω.
The Jews divide the Holy Scriptures of the Old Testament into the law, the prophets, and the hagiographers.
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hagiographer
A hagiographer is a person who writes about the lives of saints or venerated religious figures. The term specifically refers to authors producing hagiographies, a genre of religious literature that details these individuals' virtues, miracles, martyrdoms, or paths to sainthood.
Webster Dictionary
Hagiographernoun
one of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hagiographer in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hagiographer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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