hagiology
/ˌheɪɡiˈɑlədʒi/
noun
- The study or writing of the lives of saints.
- She wrote her dissertation on Byzantine hagiology.
- Hagiology is a specialized field within religious studies.
- The museum's exhibit explored the history of Christian hagiology.
- A collection of writings about the lives of saints.
- The monastery's library contains a rare medieval hagiology.
- He translated an ancient hagiology from Latin into English.
- The scholar compared different versions of the same hagiology.
- Overly flattering or idealized writing about someone.
- The biography was pure hagiology, ignoring all his flaws.
- Modern celebrity magazines often produce a kind of hagiology.
- The campaign speech sounded like hagiology for the candidate.