Hagiographa

English

Etymology

From Middle English agiogrofa, Agiogropha, from Medieval Latin hagiographa, from Ancient Greek ἁγιόγραφα (hagiógrapha), from ἅγιος (hágios, “holy, saintly”) + γρᾰ́φω (gráphō, “to write”).

Proper noun

Hagiographa pl (plural only)

1. (Judaism) The third division of the Hebrew scriptures; the Ketuvim.

Related terms

• -graph
• hagio-