hagiographer
Americannoun
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one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
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a writer of lives of the saints; hagiologist.
noun
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a person who writes about the lives of the saints
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one of the writers of the Hagiographa
Etymology
Origin of hagiographer
1650–60; < Greek hagiógraph ( os ) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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Hansen is not a hagiographer, and parts of the book are unflattering and depart from official Cuban lore.
From Washington Post
Its portrait of Berlin, and everyone around him except his sainted wife Ellin, is so sour and clammy that you might think it was written by a character assassin instead of a hagiographer.
From New York Times
How he grew an inch, at the age of 70, is a story that has escaped his hagiographers at Fox.
From Seattle Times
Churchill made many mistakes, both literary and political, and Rose is no hagiographer.
From Washington Post
This is an especially welcome revision when it comes to the female saints, whose voices have so often been subsumed by church authorities and hagiographers.
From Salon
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