adjective
- of or relating to hagiography; concerning the study or writing of the lives of saints
Usage: formal; academic
Examples
- The museum's hagiological collection includes medieval manuscripts about the lives of saints.
- Her hagiological research focuses on early Christian martyrs in the Roman Empire.
- The hagiological tradition in medieval Europe produced many elaborate saint narratives.
- Scholars debate the hagiological accuracy of these ancient texts.
- The library acquired several hagiological works from the fifteenth century.