hagiographyn.

Brit.

/ˌhaɡɪˈɒɡrəfi/,

/ˌheɪdʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/ˌhæɡiˈɑɡrəfi/,

/ˌheɪdʒiˈɑɡrəfi/,

/ˌheɪɡiˈɑɡrəfi/

Forms: 1600s hagiographie, 1600s– hagiography, 1800s– agiography (now rare).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin hagiographia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin hagiographia collection of saints' lives (12th cent. in a British source), sacred scripture (12th cent.; 14th cent. in a British source) < hagio- hagio- comb. form + -graphia -graphy comb. form.Compare French hagiographie (1609 or earlier denoting Scripture; rare before 19th cent.). Compare the following earlier example, apparently denoting the letters of the Hebrew alphabet:1603 A. Top Oliue Leafe To Rdr. sig. A4^v The true Hagiography or Hieroglyps of our first Fathers: to wit, the two and twentie seuerall vncorrupted Formes or Letters of the Hebrew tongue.

a. The writing of a biography or life of a saint; the documenting of saints' lives considered as a genre; (also) a written account of a saint's life. In later use also: the study of saints.

ΘΚΠ

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

hagiography1631

hagiology1780

hagio-romancea1843

saintology1848

hierology1890

1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 24 Wicelius..in his Hagiographie or History of the Saints, written..in the yeare 1541. doth argue thus.

1790 E. Ledwich Antiq. Ireland 360 I confess myself dispirited and dejected when..combating..all the ignorance and absurdity of Irish hagiography.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. vii. i. 321 In the hagiography and literature of the Mohammedan world.

1963 A. Dondeyne Faith & World i. 14 Modern hagiography..strives above all for historical accuracy.

1989 R. C. Wilson Gypsies (1990) 97 He had written a hagiography of St. Eustace that the Curia Romana had declared ‘blemishless’.

2003 M. Lapidge et al. Cult St Swithun iv. 70 Vita S. Swithuni and Miracula S. Swithuni set the bench-mark for all future veneration and hagiography of St Swithun.

b. Usually somewhat depreciative. Biography which idealizes or idolizes its subject; the writing or production of this. Also: a biography which idealizes or idolizes its subject.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > types of biography

family piece1709

hikayat1808

heterobiography1825

necrology1830

life and times1866

life and works1907

photo-biography1915

hagiography1924

vie romancée1941

as-told-to1966

photo-essay1977

1924 Daily Mail 30 Oct. 6/4 When the time comes for some erudite member of the Bar to take up the pious task of the hagiography of the Woolsack..and to write the ‘Lives’ of the Georgian Chancellors, he will find in the author of ‘Contemporary Personalities’ a subject to intrigue him.

1990 Newsweek 16 Apr. 89/1 Publishers have put out the usual spring assortment of baseball books: histories, hagiographies and exposés.

2020 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 14 July The film's greatest strength is that it avoids hagiography.

2. The third of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures; the books contained in this division. Formerly also: sacred writings; scripture. Cf. Hagiographa n. Now somewhat rare.

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

the (sacred or holy) writings1340

Hagiographaa1382

hagiography1646

Kethubim1690

1646 W. Hughes tr. A. Horne Mirrour Justices Preamble sig. a5^v The Old Testament contained 3 orders. The Law. The Prophets. The Hagiographies.

1648 J. Goodwin Νεοϕυτοπρεσβυτερος 5 I neither am, nor shall be, at all offended with Mr. Jenkin, for duly presenting any Authors whatsoever, Fathers or others, beneath the order of Hagiographie, as divided from, and inconsistent with themselves, in any difficult or disputable point in Christian Religion.

1723 S. Mather Vindic. Holy Bible 218 The Talmudists have a saying.., An evil date, generally grows near an unfruitful tree. They say, it is written in the law, and repeated in the prophets, and in the Hagiography.

1886 Jewish Pulpit Apr. 2 The visions of Daniel were considered of great importance by Christians..; they were, therefore removed from the Hagiography and placed among the Prophets.

2001 Hebrew Union Coll. Ann. 1999–2000 70–1 55 Torah takes precedence over the Prophets and Hagiography.

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

单词	hagiography
释义	hagiographyn. Brit. /ˌhaɡɪˈɒɡrəfi/, /ˌheɪdʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡrəfi/, /ˌheɪdʒiˈɑɡrəfi/, /ˌheɪɡiˈɑɡrəfi/ Forms: 1600s hagiographie, 1600s– hagiography, 1800s– agiography (now rare). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin hagiographia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin hagiographia collection of saints' lives (12th cent. in a British source), sacred scripture (12th cent.; 14th cent. in a British source) < hagio- hagio- comb. form + -graphia -graphy comb. form.Compare French hagiographie (1609 or earlier denoting Scripture; rare before 19th cent.). Compare the following earlier example, apparently denoting the letters of the Hebrew alphabet:1603 A. Top Oliue Leafe To Rdr. sig. A4^v The true Hagiography or Hieroglyps of our first Fathers: to wit, the two and twentie seuerall vncorrupted Formes or Letters of the Hebrew tongue. 1. a. The writing of a biography or life of a saint; the documenting of saints' lives considered as a genre; (also) a written account of a saint's life. In later use also: the study of saints. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > literature about hagiography1631 hagiology1780 hagio-romancea1843 saintology1848 hierology1890 1631 P. Heylyn Hist. St. George 24 Wicelius..in his Hagiographie or History of the Saints, written..in the yeare 1541. doth argue thus. 1790 E. Ledwich Antiq. Ireland 360 I confess myself dispirited and dejected when..combating..all the ignorance and absurdity of Irish hagiography. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics I. vii. i. 321 In the hagiography and literature of the Mohammedan world. 1963 A. Dondeyne Faith & World i. 14 Modern hagiography..strives above all for historical accuracy. 1989 R. C. Wilson Gypsies (1990) 97 He had written a hagiography of St. Eustace that the Curia Romana had declared ‘blemishless’. 2003 M. Lapidge et al. Cult St Swithun iv. 70 Vita S. Swithuni and Miracula S. Swithuni set the bench-mark for all future veneration and hagiography of St Swithun. b. Usually somewhat depreciative. Biography which idealizes or idolizes its subject; the writing or production of this. Also: a biography which idealizes or idolizes its subject. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > types of biography family piece1709 hikayat1808 heterobiography1825 necrology1830 life and times1866 life and works1907 photo-biography1915 hagiography1924 vie romancée1941 as-told-to1966 photo-essay1977 1924 Daily Mail 30 Oct. 6/4 When the time comes for some erudite member of the Bar to take up the pious task of the hagiography of the Woolsack..and to write the ‘Lives’ of the Georgian Chancellors, he will find in the author of ‘Contemporary Personalities’ a subject to intrigue him. 1990 Newsweek 16 Apr. 89/1 Publishers have put out the usual spring assortment of baseball books: histories, hagiographies and exposés. 2020 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 14 July The film's greatest strength is that it avoids hagiography. 2. The third of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures; the books contained in this division. Formerly also: sacred writings; scripture. Cf. Hagiographa n. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Hebrew scripture > [noun] > Hagiographa the (sacred or holy) writings1340 Hagiographaa1382 hagiography1646 Kethubim1690 1646 W. Hughes tr. A. Horne Mirrour Justices Preamble sig. a5^v The Old Testament contained 3 orders. The Law. The Prophets. The Hagiographies. 1648 J. Goodwin Νεοϕυτοπρεσβυτερος 5 I neither am, nor shall be, at all offended with Mr. Jenkin, for duly presenting any Authors whatsoever, Fathers or others, beneath the order of Hagiographie, as divided from, and inconsistent with themselves, in any difficult or disputable point in Christian Religion. 1723 S. Mather Vindic. Holy Bible 218 The Talmudists have a saying.., An evil date, generally grows near an unfruitful tree. They say, it is written in the law, and repeated in the prophets, and in the Hagiography. 1886 Jewish Pulpit Apr. 2 The visions of Daniel were considered of great importance by Christians..; they were, therefore removed from the Hagiography and placed among the Prophets. 2001 Hebrew Union Coll. Ann. 1999–2000 70–1 55 Torah takes precedence over the Prophets and Hagiography. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631
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