hagiografie

From Ancient Greek ἅγιος (hágios, “holy”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing”).

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• Hyphenation: ha‧gio‧gra‧fie

hagiografie f (plural hagiografieën, diminutive hagiografietje n)

1. (literature) hagiography

   Synonyms: heiligenleven, vita

   Hypernyms: biografie, levensbeschrijving, leven

• The diminutive often has derogatory connotations.

Borrowed from French hagiographie. By surface analysis, hagio- +‎ -grafie.

hagiografie f (uncountable)

1. hagiography