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hagiographical
adjective
See hagiography
- ‘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.’
Pronunciation
hagiographical
/ˌhaɡēəˈɡrafəkəl/ /ˌhāɡēə-/Are You Learning English? Here Are Our Top English Tips
