Definition of hagiographa Hagiographa

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What does hagiographa mean?

Noun
hagiographa - the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
		Ketubim, Writings
		hebrew scripture, tanach, tanakh the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
		book of ruth, ruth a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
		1 chronicles i chronicles
		2 chronicles ii chronicles
		book of ezra, ezra an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity
		book of nehemiah nehemiah
		book of esther, esther an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
		book of job, job a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
		psalms book of psalms
		book of proverbs, proverbs an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
		book of ecclesiastes ecclesiastes
		canticle of canticles, canticles, song of solomon, song of songs an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later
		book of lamentations lamentations

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hagiographa (n. pl.)
The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
hagiographa (n. pl.)
The lives of the saints.

hagiographa
hag-i-og′ra-fa, n.pl. the last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprehending the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Ruth, Esther, Chronicles, Canticles, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes.—adj. Hagiog′raphal.—n. Hagiog′rapher, one of the writers of the Hagiographa: a sacred writer.—adjs. Hagiograph′ic, -al, pertaining to the Hagiographa. [Gr. hagiographa (biblia)—hagios, holy, graphein, to write.]