Hagiographa

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Hagiographa pl (plural only)

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

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