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One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.

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  1. n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
  2. n. the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography
  3. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor. Hagiologists have related it without scruple. Southey.
  4. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives ofthe saints; a hagiographer. Tylor.Hagiologists have related it without scruple. Southey.
  5. n the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography