hagiographical

Examples

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• This study of children's lives in Georgia draws its data primarily from hagiographical texts composed in classical Georgian.

  Academic text (2007)

• The importance of hagiographical texts in social history and their strength, particularly in documenting otherwise neglected lives, have brought them to the attention of feminist historians.

  Academic text (2002)

• Two well-known examples from the hagiographical tradition make this point.

  Academic text (2008)

• This principle has already been seen in the presentation of children in the Georgian hagiographical material.

  Academic text (2007)

• The children that appear on the pages of these Georgian hagiographical accounts come from a broad range of social backgrounds.

  Academic text (2007)

• To answer this question, we must first consider some of the reasons that theologians ignore hagiographical texts.

  Academic text (2002)

• Russia has a well-developed hagiographical type of saint, which doesn't exist in the West.

  Academic text (2003)

• Space, after all, cannot be extricated from time, and hagiographical texts emphasize the importance of ritual time to sacred space.

  Academic text (2018)

• Certain assumptions made about hagiographical texts contribute to their theological neglect.

  Academic text (2002)

• For early medieval Georgian society, concern for the well-being of one's offspring emerges from the hagiographical sources as a vital element.

  Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

H

hagiographic

vshagiographical

• Formal

1 9.9

Describing a person like a leader or famous person as perfect while ignoring their faults

is neutral and refers to study or writing about the lives of saints rather than praise them

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology