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hagiography

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌhægiˈɑgrəfi, ˌheɪdʒi-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hag′ē og′rə fē, hā′jē-)


Inflections of 'hagiography' (n): npl: hagiographies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hag•i•og•ra•phy /ˌhægiˈɑgrəfi, ˌheɪdʒi-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -phies. 
  1. Religionbiography of the lives of the saints.
hag•i•og•ra•pher, n. [countable]See -graph-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hag•i•og•ra•phy  (hag′ē og′rə fē, hā′jē-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -phies. 
  1. Religionthe writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
  • hagio- + -graphy 1805–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hagiography /ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪ/ n ( pl -phies)
  1. the writing of the lives of the saints
  2. any biography that idealizes or idolizes its subject
hagiographic /ˌhæɡɪəˈɡræfɪk/, ˌhagioˈgraphical adj
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