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PRONUNCIATION OF HAGIOGRAPHICAL

hagiographical  [ˌhæɡɪəˈɡræfɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAGIOGRAPHICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hagiographical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HAGIOGRAPHICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hagiographical

Hagiography

A hagiography /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡrəfi/ is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader. Christian hagiographies focus on the lives, and notably the miracles of men and women canonized by the Roman Catholic church, the Anglican Communion, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Church of the East. Other religions such as Buddhism, Islam and Sikhism also create and maintain hagiographical texts concerning saints, gurus and other individuals believed to be imbued with sacred power. Hagiographic works, particularly those of the Middle Ages, can often incorporate a valuable record of institutional and local history, and evidence of popular cults, customs, and traditions. However, when referring to modern, non-ecclesiastical works, the term "hagiography" is often used as a pejorative reference to biographies and histories whose authors are perceived to be uncritical or reverential to their subject.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAGIOGRAPHICAL


autobiographic
ˈɔːtəʊˌbaɪəʊˈɡræfɪkəl
autobiographical
ˌɔːtəˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
autographical
ˌɔ:təˈɡræfɪkəl
bibliographical
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈɡræfɪkəl
biogeographical
ˌbaɪəʊˌdʒɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
biographical
ˌbaɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
demographical
ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪkəl
epigraphical
ˌepɪˈɡræfɪkəl
geographic
dʒɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
geographical
ˌdʒiːəˈɡræfɪkəl
graphical
ˈɡræfɪkəl
historiographical
hɪsˌtɔːrɪəˈɡræfɪkəl
hydrographical
ˌhaɪdrəˈɡræfɪkəl
iconographical
aɪˌkɒnəˈɡræfɪkəl
lexicographical
ˌleksɪkəʊˈɡræfɪkəl
photographical
ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪkəl
stratigraphical
ˌstrætɪˈɡræfɪkəl
topographical
ˌtɒpəˈɡræfɪkəl
typographical
ˌtaɪpəˈɡræfɪkəl
zoogeographical
ˌzəʊəˌdʒiːəˈɡræfɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAGIOGRAPHICAL

hagiarchies
hagiarchy
hagiocracies
hagiocracy
Hagiographa
hagiographer
hagiographic
hagiographies
hagiographist
hagiography
hagiolater
hagiolatrous
hagiolatry
hagiologic
hagiological
hagiologies
hagiologist
hagiology
hagioscope
hagioscopic

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAGIOGRAPHICAL

anarchical
anthroposophical
autarchical
bioethical
cartographical
chemical
ethical
ethnographical
hierarchical
hieroglyphical
monarchical
mythical
nonhierarchical
nymphical
oligarchical
petrographical
philosophical
phytogeographical
psychical
theosophical
unethical

Synonyms and antonyms of hagiographical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hagiographical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAGIOGRAPHICAL

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The translations of hagiographical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hagiographical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hagiographical
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hagiográfica
570 millions of speakers

English

hagiographical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hagiographical
380 millions of speakers
ar

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hagiographical
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агиографическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hagiográfica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hagiographical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hagiographique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hagiographical
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hagiographical
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hagiographical
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hagiographical
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hagiographical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hagiographical
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hagiographical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आवाहनलेखन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

menkıbevî
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agiografica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hagiographical
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

агиографическая
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hagiografice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγιογραφική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hagiographical
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hagiografisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hagiographical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hagiographical

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAGIOGRAPHICAL»

The term «hagiographical» is normally little used and occupies the 139.704 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAGIOGRAPHICAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hagiographical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAGIOGRAPHICAL»

Discover the use of hagiographical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hagiographical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Wace, The Hagiographical Works: The Conception Nostre Dame ...
Style The considerable stylistic merits of the Nicholas have led critics to see the text as the last of Wace's hagiographical works (Ronsjö, pp. 20, 25–26; Francis, pp. xvi–xvii; Arnold, ed. Brut, p. lxxvi, cited in Ronsjö, p. 20; Laurent, Plaire et ...
Jean Blacker, Glyn S. Burgess, Amy Ogden, 2013
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One Lifetime, Many Lives: The Experience of Modern Hindu ...
Many. Saints,. One. Agenda. Hagiographical. Collections. Analysis of the earliest hagiographies of Swami Rama Tirtha, his autohagiographical writings, and the 1989 RJC has suggested that the nature of the reporting of experience (the ...
Robin Rinehart, 1999
3
Reflections of Biblical and Hagiographical Writings in ...
Chapter 1 is an analysis of Tolstaia's "Sonia," which demonstrates the resemblance of the story's protagonist to representatives of the holy fools.
Tetyana Kachenyuk, 2006
4
Symeon Metaphrastes: Rewriting and Canonization
Greek. Hagiography. and. Hagiographical. Redactions. before. Symeon. Metaphrastes. From. late. antique. to. middle. Byzantine. hagiography. The redaction of Symeon Metaphrastes represents the culmination of a long process within Greek ...
Christian Høgel, 2002
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Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science
Materialism and the Rationality of Science Angus J. L. Menuge. The kind of designing power attributed to Hagiographical Mother Nature presupposes that she has goals and foresight. If hearts are designed in order to pump blood, that means ...
Angus J. L. Menuge, 2004
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Parallel Lives: Spanish and English National Drama, 1580-1680
Unparalleled. Lives: Hagiographical. Drama. in. Seventeenth-Century. England. and. Spain. Jose. M. Ruano. de. la. Haza. riagiographical plays were an extremeley popular form of theatrical entertainment in seventeenth-century Spain , with ...
Louise Fothergill-Payne, Peter Fothergill-Payne, 1991
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Renouncing the World Yet Leading the Church: The Monk-Bishop ...
reasons the title of this chapter refers to monastic and hagiographical sources rather than simply “hagiography.” The mimetic quality of this literature, its offer of ideological and literary exemplars, its appeal to the heart, its distinctive use of ...
Andrea Sterk, 2009
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Seeing Through Zen: Encounter, Transformation, and Genealogy ...
The image of Bodhidharma that has been transmitted to us is the result of a long hagiographical process, and it is not "biographical" in some sense of being a more-or-less "accurate" depiction of the man's life. Rather, it is the idealized image ...
John R. McRae, 2003
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Christ in Christian Tradition: The Development of the ...
Prefatory note i: On the significance of this literary genre see F. Winkelmann, " Geschichtsschreibung in Byzanz', WZUniv Rostock 18 (1969) 479, .who emphasises the wide diffusion of this genre as a consequence of the use of hagiographical ...
Aloys Grillmeier, 1986
10
The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning
Unlike the tales of Elisha and Elijah in the biblical hagiographical cycles, the image of Daniel is not that of a miracle worker. He makes no use whatsoever of supernatural forces. In most of those stories that involve divine might, Daniel does ...
Eli Yassif, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAGIOGRAPHICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hagiographical is used in the context of the following news items.
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Towering like a colossus
Credit goes to Tripathi because his book, understandably full of reverence and emotions, manages to avoid being a hagiographical account of ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
10 Overlooked Classics: Biopics
Maurice Pialat takes an unsentimental approach to the final 67 days of Vincent van Gogh's life, replacing the warm hagiographical embrace ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
3
From classical Indology to rigorous social science
Most of the temple studies available at that time were either descriptive or hagiographical. How far do you think you have gone beyond that and ... «Frontline, Jul 15»
4
Nkomo Legacy Must Be Valued
But biographers and journalists interested in telling his story in full, together with its hagiographical accounts and criticisms, must not just ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
EXCLUSIVE: How I Got the RAW Chief to Open Up
It isn't for posterity, because future historians will no doubt refer to memoirs and other hagiographical material, but in the end will base their ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
6
A guide for all of your LGBTQ cinema viewing needs
Milk is the Oscariest of Oscar dramas, a hagiographical biopic that eagerly frames Harvey Milk as a martyr to the cause of gay rights so that ... «Random Nerds, Jul 15»
7
Yes, Remove the Confederate Flag. But What Then?
This kind of judgmental history produces a defensive backlash: hagiographical history of the kind favored by Christian America partisans. «Patheos, Jun 15»
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CFP: Holy Hero(in)es. Literary Constructions of Heroism in Late …
To what extent can narratological concepts provide useful tools for evaluating hagiographical constructions of heroism? The other central ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
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APUSH in the wrong direction? Looking at revised U.S. history …
We do not seek to reduce the education of our young to the inculcation of fairy tales, or of a simple, whitewashed, heroic, even hagiographical ... «Deseret News, Jun 15»
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Eminent Scholars Blast Nationwide US History Program
... even hagiographical nationalist narrative. Instead, we support a course that fosters informed and reflective civic awareness, while providing a ... «The Federalist, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hagiographical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hagiographical>. Apr 2024 ».
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