Translations for „hagiographical“ in the English » German Dictionary

hagio·graph·ic(al) [ˌhægiə(ʊ)ˈgræfɪk(əl), Am -iəˈ-] ADJ

1. hagiographic(al) REL:

hagiographic(al)

heiligengeschichtlich

hagiographic(al)

hagiografisch spec

2. hagiographic(al) fig pej form (over-flattering):

hagiographic(al)

schmeichelhaft

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The historicity of the hagiographical accounts is highly disputed and debated in scholarly circles.

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She boasted of her access to her subject in a hagiographical work that some reviewers said amounted to a gushing love letter.

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It was only interested in a hagiographical non-item it could report back on later.

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He also drew on legendary and hagiographical material.

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He was famous for authoring many hagiographical writings and sermons.

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Yet this hagiographical account of the welfare state is a fairly new turn on the left.

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And then came the ridiculously hagiographical articles.

www.metronews.ca

Progress in historical and hagiographical studies led to distinguishing three classes of saints included in the 1960 calendar that it seemed better not to keep in the revision.

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And if this column is verging on the hagiographical, allow the man himself to defuse the hyperbole.

www.dailymail.co.uk

From the scholarly to the hagiographical, there is a portrait somewhere to suit everyone.

www.independent.ie