hagiologist

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English

Etymology

From hagiology +‎ -ist.

Noun

hagiologist (plural hagiologists)

  1. A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
    • 1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. , volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, , →OCLC:
      Hagiologists have related it without scruple, and during many ages it was believed without hesitation

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