hagiologistn.
/ˌhaɡɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, /ˌheɪdʒɪˈɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌhæɡiˈɑlədʒəst/, /ˌheɪdʒiˈɑlədʒəst/, /ˌheɪɡiˈɑlədʒəst/ A writer of a hagiography, or an account of the life of a saint; a hagiographer.
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hagiographer1722
hagiologist1795
hagiographist1799
saintologist1885
1795 Crit. Rev. 13 App. 492 This saint [sc. St Sophia], with her daughters Spes and Charitas, suffered martyrdom under Hadrian, say the Hagiologists.
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture II. 199 The Buddhist theologians and hagiologists.
1969 Brit. Mus. Q. 34 14 Her connection with Modwenna was an invention of Conchubran, a wandering Irish hagiologist of the eleventh century.
2006 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 105 574 Some of the legends in the compilation should be of as great interest to folklorists and literary scholars as they are to hagiologists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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