HAGIOLOGY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hagiology" is a kind of...):

literary composition; literary work (imaginative or creative writing)

Domain category:

fable; legend (a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events)

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