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Topic: NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Greek
Origin: hagios 'holy' + English -graphy

hagiography

 noun
     
hag‧i‧og‧ra‧phy plural hagiographies [uncountable and countable]
1TCN a book about the lives of saints
2TCN a book about someone that praises them too much
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