hagiologist

English

Etymology

From hagiology +‎ -ist.

Noun

hagiologist (plural hagiologists)

1. A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
   • 1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:

     Hagiologists have related it without scruple, and during many ages it was believed without hesitation

Further reading

• “hagiologist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.