hagiographicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌhaɡɪə(ʊ)ˈɡrafᵻkl/,

/ˌheɪdʒɪə(ʊ)ˈɡrafᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌhæɡiəˈɡræfək(ə)l/,

/ˌheɪdʒiəˈɡræfək(ə)l/,

/ˌheɪɡiəˈɡræfək(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s hagiographicall, 1600s 1800s hagiographical, 1900s– agiographical (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin hagiographicus , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin hagiographicus hagiographic adj. + -al suffix¹. With the development of sense 2 compare hagiography n. 1a.

†a. Of or relating to sacred writings or scripture. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [adjective]

godlyOE

theologal virtues1484

theological1526

scripturely1536

scriptural1578

hagiographical1585

theologic?1606

biblical1652

biblic1684

testamentary1849

1585 J. Stell in T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie Ep. Ded. ⁋iij I might adde to these Hagiographicall examples, other..brought out of prophane Chronologies.

1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe ii. 89 The Canon of Hagiographicall Scripture.

b. Of or relating to the Hagiographa, the third of the three divisions of the Hebrew scriptures. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [adjective] > Hagiographa

hagiographal1565

hagiographicala1652

hagiographic1769

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. vii. 229 That which is Hagiographical, or, as they call it, The Dictate of the Holy Spirit.

1863 E. Deutsch in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1662/1 Between him and our hagiographical Targums, however, many centuries must have elapsed.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vi. 302 He manifestly intends..hagiographical writers, (as of Solomon he says, ‘The countries marvelled at thee for thy songs..and interpretations’).

1947 Hebrew Union Coll. Ann. 20 328 There is nothing in the Prophets and the Hagiographa which is not to be found in the Pentateuch. We need only to transfer this relationship from the prophetic and hagiographical writings to their authors, and we obtain the conclusion that the prophets and inspired heroes of the Bible are but reincarnations of Moses.

2. Of or relating to hagiographies, or accounts of the lives of saints.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [adjective] > literature about

hagiological1776

hagiographic1819

hagiologic1826

hagiographical1851

1851 J. T. Gilbert in Irish Q. Rev. 1 420 The Rev. William Reeves, of Ballymena, the most erudite hagiographical scholar and ecclesiastical historian yet produced by this country.

1955 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 68 119 Visions and allegories are very numerous in the medieval hagiographical literature.

2012 B. Roest in M. J. P. Robson Cambr. Compan. Francis of Assisi x. 162 The text exploits his status as an illiterate, simple-minded man, a recurrent theme in the hagiographical tradition.

3. Usually somewhat depreciative. Of the nature of, or characteristic of, biography which idealizes or idolizes its subject.

ΚΠ

1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 214/3 It [sc. the book] is free from too hagiographical a tone.

1993 Guardian 22 June ii. 10/4 Jones devoted his old age to his magnificent, if somewhat hagiographical, biography of Freud.

2007 Sight & Sound Mar. 45/1 The climactic frame, ramped up by Arnold's swelling strings, confirms the film's hagiographical approach.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hagiographical
释义	hagiographicaladj. Brit. /ˌhaɡɪə(ʊ)ˈɡrafᵻkl/, /ˌheɪdʒɪə(ʊ)ˈɡrafᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌhæɡiəˈɡræfək(ə)l/, /ˌheɪdʒiəˈɡræfək(ə)l/, /ˌheɪɡiəˈɡræfək(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s hagiographicall, 1600s 1800s hagiographical, 1900s– agiographical (rare). Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin hagiographicus , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin hagiographicus hagiographic adj. + -al suffix¹. With the development of sense 2 compare hagiography n. 1a. 1. †a. Of or relating to sacred writings or scripture. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > [adjective] godlyOE theologal virtues1484 theological1526 scripturely1536 scriptural1578 hagiographical1585 theologic?1606 biblical1652 biblic1684 testamentary1849 1585 J. Stell in T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie Ep. Ded. ⁋iij I might adde to these Hagiographicall examples, other..brought out of prophane Chronologies. 1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe ii. 89 The Canon of Hagiographicall Scripture. b. Of or relating to the Hagiographa, the third of the three divisions of the Hebrew scriptures. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [adjective] > Hagiographa hagiographal1565 hagiographicala1652 hagiographic1769 a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. vii. 229 That which is Hagiographical, or, as they call it, The Dictate of the Holy Spirit. 1863 E. Deutsch in W. Smith Dict. Bible III. 1662/1 Between him and our hagiographical Targums, however, many centuries must have elapsed. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel vi. 302 He manifestly intends..hagiographical writers, (as of Solomon he says, ‘The countries marvelled at thee for thy songs..and interpretations’). 1947 Hebrew Union Coll. Ann. 20 328 There is nothing in the Prophets and the Hagiographa which is not to be found in the Pentateuch. We need only to transfer this relationship from the prophetic and hagiographical writings to their authors, and we obtain the conclusion that the prophets and inspired heroes of the Bible are but reincarnations of Moses. 2. Of or relating to hagiographies, or accounts of the lives of saints. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [adjective] > literature about hagiological1776 hagiographic1819 hagiologic1826 hagiographical1851 1851 J. T. Gilbert in Irish Q. Rev. 1 420 The Rev. William Reeves, of Ballymena, the most erudite hagiographical scholar and ecclesiastical historian yet produced by this country. 1955 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 68 119 Visions and allegories are very numerous in the medieval hagiographical literature. 2012 B. Roest in M. J. P. Robson Cambr. Compan. Francis of Assisi x. 162 The text exploits his status as an illiterate, simple-minded man, a recurrent theme in the hagiographical tradition. 3. Usually somewhat depreciative. Of the nature of, or characteristic of, biography which idealizes or idolizes its subject. ΚΠ 1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Mar. 214/3 It [sc. the book] is free from too hagiographical a tone. 1993 Guardian 22 June ii. 10/4 Jones devoted his old age to his magnificent, if somewhat hagiographical, biography of Freud. 2007 Sight & Sound Mar. 45/1 The climactic frame, ramped up by Arnold's swelling strings, confirms the film's hagiographical approach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1585
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