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单词 hagiology
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hagiologyn.

Brit. /ˌhaɡɪˈɒlədʒi/, /ˌheɪdʒɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌhæɡiˈɑlədʒi/, /ˌheɪdʒiˈɑlədʒi/, /ˌheɪɡiˈɑlədʒi/
Forms: 1600s hagiologie, 1700s– hagiology, 1800s– agiology (now rare).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin hagiologium.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin hagiologium written account of saints' lives (1541 or earlier) < hagio- hagio- comb. form + -logium -logy comb. form. Compare martyrology n.Compare French hagiologie (1677 as agiologie, or earlier), German Hagiologie (1745 or earlier).
1. Probably: the action of declaiming as holy; hallowing. Obsolete. rare.
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1651 tr. Vincent of Lerins Golden Treat. (rev. ed.) 63 The Angels..do glorifie one onely Lord God, yet with a triple Hagiologie [L. sanctificatione].
2. The writing of a hagiography, or an account of the life of a saint; the documenting of the lives of saints or (occasionally) other venerated people, considered as a genre; (also) a written account of a saint's life. Cf. hagiography n. 1a.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > [noun] > literature about
hagiography1631
hagiology1780
hagio-romancea1843
saintology1848
hierology1890
1780 in A. Butler Lives Saints (rev. ed.) XII. App. 434 (note) To enumerate the Termons of Ireland would take up more room than can be spared in an epitome of general Hagiology.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 210 In the hagiology of each nation, the lawgiver was in each case some man of eloquent tongue.
1947 C. W. Jones Saints' Lives & Chrons. Early Eng. v. 88 The normal records of an ecclesiastical centre: hagiologies in prose and meter, visions, annals and chronicles, [etc.].
2014 Speculum 89 222 It is altogether a rich body of texts for the comparative study of late-medieval English monastic hagiology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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