"hagiography" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/ [US], /ˌheɪd͡ʒiˈɒɡɹəfi/ [US], /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hagiography.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hagiographies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi Etymology: From hagio- + -graphy. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁yaǵ-|*gerbʰ-}}, {{af|en|hagio-|-graphy}} hagio- + -graphy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hagiography (countable and uncountable, plural hagiographies)
  1. (uncountable) The study of saints and the documentation of their lives. Tags: uncountable Translations (study of saints): hagiologia [feminine] (Catalan), hagiografia [feminine] (Catalan), 聖徒研究 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣徒研究 (shèngtú yánjiū) (Chinese Mandarin), hagiografi [common-gender] (Danish), hagiografie [feminine] (Dutch), hagiologia (Finnish), hagiographie [feminine] (French), ჰაგიოგრაფია (hagiograpia) (Georgian), Lebensbeschreibung der Heiligen [feminine] (German), αγιολογία (agiología) [feminine] (Greek), agiografía [feminine] (Italian), хагиогра́фија (hagiográfija) [feminine] (Macedonian), تذکرهنویسی (tazkere-nevisi) (Persian), hagiografia [feminine] (Portuguese), агиогра́фия (agiográfija) [feminine] (Russian), житие́ (žitijé) [neuter] (Russian), житие́ святы́х (žitijé svjatýx) [neuter] (Russian), hagiografía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hagiography-en-noun-xpGCUrzJ Disambiguation of 'study of saints': 73 19 4 4
  2. (countable) A biography of a saint. Tags: countable Translations (biography of a saint): սրբախոսություն (srbaxosutʻyun) (Armenian), սրբագրություն (srbagrutʻyun) (Armenian), животоописание (životoopisanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hagiografia [feminine] (Catalan), 聖徒傳 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣徒传 (shèngtúzhuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), hagiografi [common-gender] (Danish), hagiografie [feminine] (Dutch), hagiografia (Finnish), pyhimyselämäkerta (Finnish), hagiographie [feminine] (French), ჰაგიოგრაფია (hagiograpia) (Georgian), Lebensbeschreibung der Heiligen [feminine] (German), hagiográfia (Hungarian), agiografía [feminine] (Italian), жи́тие (žítie) [neuter] (Macedonian), хагиогра́фија (hagiográfija) [feminine] (Macedonian), تذکره (tazkere) (Persian), hagiografia [feminine] (Portuguese), агиогра́фия (agiográfija) [feminine] (Russian), жити́йная литерату́ра (žitíjnaja literatúra) [feminine] (Russian), житие́ (žitijé) [neuter] (Russian), житие́ святы́х (žitijé svjatýx) [neuter] (Russian), житије [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), žitije [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), hagiografía [feminine] (Spanish), hagiografi [common-gender] (Swedish), རྣམ་ཐར (english: rnam thar) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-hagiography-en-noun-YpY5xdta Disambiguation of 'biography of a saint': 3 71 13 13
  3. (countable, by extension) A biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject. Tags: broadly, countable Translations (biography which expresses reverence): 吹捧性的傳記 (Chinese Mandarin), 吹捧性的传记 (chuīpěngxìng de zhuànjì) (Chinese Mandarin), hagiografie [feminine] (Dutch), hagiografia (Finnish), تذکره (tazkere) (Persian), hagiografia [feminine] (Portuguese), житие́ (žitijé) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-hagiography-en-noun-pXGUVPM7 Disambiguation of 'biography which expresses reverence': 3 20 50 27
  4. (derogatory) A biography which is uncritically supportive of its subject, often including embellishments or propaganda. Tags: countable, derogatory, uncountable Translations (biography which is uncritically supportive): 吹捧性的傳記 (Chinese Mandarin), 吹捧性的传记 (chuīpěngxìng de zhuànjì) (Chinese Mandarin), hagiografia (Finnish), hagiografia [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-hagiography-en-noun-61C3W2au Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with hagio-, English terms suffixed with -graphy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 22 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 16 22 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hagio-: 23 21 24 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graphy: 13 14 15 58 Disambiguation of 'biography which is uncritically supportive': 3 21 30 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mash note, paean

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