Hagiography

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hagiography \Ha`gi*og"ra*phy\ (-f[y^]; 277), n.
     Same as {Hagiographa}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  hagiography
       n : a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person
           (especially a person who is a saint)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "hagiography":
     Buddhology, Clio, Mariolatry, Mariology, Mercersburg theology,
     Muse of history, adventures, annals, apologetics, autobiography,
     biographical sketch, biography, canonics, case history, chronicle,
     chronicles, chronology, confessions, crisis theology,
     curriculum vitae, dialogical theology, diary, divinity,
     doctrinalism, doctrinism, dogmatics, eschatology,
     existential theology, experiences, fortunes, hagiology, hierology,
     historiography, history, journal, legend, life, life and letters,
     life story, logos Christology, logos theology, martyrology, memoir,
     memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, natural theology,
     necrology, neoorthodox theology, neoorthodoxy, obituary,
     patristic theology, phenomenological theology, photobiography,
     physicotheology, profile, rationalism, record, religion, resume,
     scholastic theology, secularism, soteriology, story, systematics,
     theology, theory of history