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Hagiography Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ography

Hagiography has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

The study of saints and the documentation of their lives.

See Also
paean biography hagiographic mash note documentation respect reverence uncritical
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
biography
Rhyming Words
sophy hyphy dunphy trophy brophy furphy graphy ralphy prophy oomphy morphy osophy adelphy atrophy rrhaphy ecosophy mcmurphy geosophy algraphy eutrophy
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