Hagiographa

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The third division of the Hebrew scriptures; the Ketuvim. Judaism, plural, plural-only

Etymology

From Middle English agiogrofa, Agiogropha, from Medieval Latin hagiographa, from Ancient Greek ἁγιόγραφα (hagiógrapha), from ἅγιος (hágios, “holy, saintly”) + γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to write”).

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