Definition of hagiographae Hagiographae
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What does hagiographae mean?
Part of speech
🔤- hagiographae, noun, plural of hagiographa.
WordNet
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| 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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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Part of speech
🔤- hagiographa, noun, singular of hagiographas / hagiographae.
