Meanings
nounhagiologist (plural hagiologists)
plural hagiologists
- A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
Hagiologists have related it without scruple, and during many ages it was believed without hesitation
1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
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