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Definition of Hagiographies
1. hagiography [n] - See also: hagiography
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagiographies
Literary usage of Hagiographies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Acta SS., VI, August, 496-504; Bibliotheca hagiographies latina (Brussels,
1898-1900), 1075. Sabina, SAINT, widow of Valentinus and daughter of ..."
2. The Schools of Medieval England by Arthur Francis Leach (1915)
"Most of the other books are commentaries on various books in the Bible and
hagiographies. Even his great historical work, the Ecclesiastical History of the ..."
3. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle (1865)
"... tive stories out of the hagiographies. He does not, like Wendover, adopt a
title which avowedly sets forth this intention ; but history was now moving ..."
4. The Monks of the West from St. Benedict to St. Bernard by Charles Forbes Montalembert, Francis Aidan Gasquet (1896)
"We may be permitted to refer to the learned commentary of the Jesuit hagiographies
for the difficulties which are raised, not only by the polygamy of ..."
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