Definition of Hagiologist

1. Noun. The author of a worshipful or idealizing biography.

Exact synonyms: Hagiographer, Hagiographist
Generic synonyms: Biographer
Derivative terms: Hagiography

Definition of Hagiologist

1. n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.

Definition of Hagiologist

1. Noun. A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Hagiologist

1. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. "Hagiologists have related it without scruple." (Southey) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hagiologist

hagiographal
hagiographer
hagiographers
hagiographic
hagiographical
hagiographically
hagiographies
hagiographist
hagiography
hagiolater
hagiolaters
hagiolatry
hagiologic
hagiological
hagiologies
hagiologist (current term)
hagiologists
hagiology
hagioscope
hagioscopes
hagioscopic
hagiotherapy
haglaz
haglet
haglets
haglike
hagrid
hagridden
hagride
hagrider

Literary usage of Hagiologist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Ireland by Thomas Moore (1837)
"... and, having been taken from Ireland to Albany in the year 828 (Annul. Ult.), were again transported back to Ireland in 83o. hagiologist ..."

2. Hours in a Library by Leslie Stephen (1904)
"Here we meet the hagiologist and the iconoclast, the twin plagues of the humble ... The hagiologist burns incense before his idol till it is difficult to ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The bulk of his works arc theological: sermons, commentaries and lives of saints. His reputation as a hagiologist rests on his Noya legenda ..."

4. Proceedings by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1889)
"Here we meet the hagiologist and the iconoclast, the twin plagues of the humble ... The hagiologist burns incense before his idol till it is difficult to ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"Prepared by a hagiologist after many years of arduous study. While it is practically a "Year Book" for both branches of the Christian Church, it is in every ..."

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