hagiographist
/ˌheɪɡiˈɑɡrəfɪst/
noun
- A writer of the lives of saints; a hagiographer.
- The medieval hagiographist spent years collecting stories of miracles performed by local saints.
- As a hagiographist, she focused on documenting the lives of early Christian martyrs.
- The library's rare manuscript collection included works by an unknown hagiographist from the 12th century.
- A biographer who writes in an overly admiring or uncritical way about their subject.
- The celebrity's official biographer was more of a hagiographist than a journalist, praising every move.
- Instead of a balanced account, the book read like it was written by a hagiographist devoted to the founder.
- Critics accused the author of being a hagiographist who ignored the politician's many flaws.