hagio-, hagi-

Someone who speaks or writes in a smug or self-aggrandizing way about his/her life or accomplishments. Said to be coined by Bernard Lewis, professor emeritus at Princeton University.

1. A self-aggrandizing writing about one's life or accomplishments.
2. A "reverently-written" presentation about one's own life and achievements.

The rule or order of saints or those considered to be holy.

A government or sovereignty of persons esteemed holy.

The third, or last, of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually consisting of the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles. Also called the Writings.

A reference to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.

Hagiographa refers to the last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets.

It consists of the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Chronicles.

1. A writer of biographies of the saints.
2. A writer of biographies that treat their subjects with a great deal of reverence.
3. A writer of the Hebrew Bible; such as, a writer of the Hagiographa.
4. Someone who writes praising and flattering things about a person; as if that person were a saint.

1. A reference to the study of saints.
2. Relating to a biography of a saint.
3. Characterized by a biography which expresses reverence and respect for its subject.

A reference to an important literary genre in the early millennia of the Christian church, providing informational history as well as inspirational stories and legend.

A hagiographical account of an individual saint can constitute a vita, or a brief biography.

The worship of saints.