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Meanings of saint's life in English

Russian
агиография
Portuguese
hagiográfico
Spanish
hagiográfico
Catalan
hagiogràfica

Biography of a saint or other venerated religious figure.

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        агиография
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        Examples for "hagiography"
        Examples for "hagiography"
        1
        But surely this can be accomplished without a hagiography of the infamous.
        The Guardian
        2
        Those who thought the Princess a flake will accuse you of hagiography.
        The Irish Times
        3
        I'm Your Man is sympathetic without being a hagiography, thorough and intelligent.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The genre is, of course, very often an excuse for deadeningly dull hagiography.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The authors have given us an apologia, but, mercifully, not quite a hagiography.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of saint's life in English
        1
        After this introductory study the book takes up the saint's life in connected order.
        Saint Patrick / 1887
        2
        A saint's life in one man may be less than common honesty in another.
        Daily Strength for Daily Needs
        3
        He was canonized by pope Leo X., whose legate in Poland, Zachary Ferrier, wrote the saint's life.
        The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
        4
        Brian Lacey's study offers a brief, comprehensive account of the saint's life by carefully separating historical fact from a wealth of folklore and tradition.
        The Irish Times
        5
        General character of the Saint's life-Herchildhood and early piety
        The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
        6
        No Saint's life is dull to the average intelligent child.
        For Greater Things: The Story of Saint Stanislaus Kostka
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        Annals of the Saint's Life
        The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Car...