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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who writes the biography of a saint.
2. 2
   the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography wordnet
3. 3
   Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint). derogatory, figuratively
4. 4
   A writer of any of the Hagiographa․

Synonyms

All synonyms

hagiographisthagiologist

Etymology

From hagiography + -er.

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