Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator

Definition of hagiographical in English:

hagiographical

adjective

‘The trouble with retrospection - especially the kind of hagiographical retrospection that comes with a box set - is that it lends everything added poignancy.’

‘I do not appreciate the hagiographical approach of the media.’
‘The book was authorised, not critical, and its intent was somewhat hagiographical.’
‘Most certainly, the hagiographical tradition did not usually provide stories of women who struggled and made compromises; the lives of the saints revealed only the great holiness that was finally achieved.’
‘Based on her hagiographical work, she has put together a single volume which contains forty biographical sketches of female saints from antiquity to the present.’
‘She wrote works on medical, scientific, and hagiographical subjects, and entered into correspondence with political and spiritual leaders of the day, including emperors and popes.’
‘Central to any such liturgy would be the great hagiographical texts describing the life, death, and miraculous presence of the saint at his tomb.’
‘Part one of the hour-long programme was soft focus and hagiographical, focusing on her limb-loss and subsequent work for landmine charities.’
‘These essays are not necessarily hagiographical.’
‘The story is offered, after all, in a hagiographical setting.’