hagiographic, a.
(hægɪəʊˈgræfɪk)
[f. as prec. + -ic, after Gr. -γραϕικός: see -graphic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Hagiographa.
| 1888 Cave Inspir. O. Test. viii. 455 There is Hagiographic Inspiration enabling the assimilation of Revelation. |
2. Pertaining to the writing of saints' lives.
| 1819 Southey in Q. Rev. XXI. 378 The Devil began to act a greater part in hagiographic romance. 1893 Athenæum 24 June 791/2 A curious compound of genuine historical research and hagiographic adulation. |