hagiographer

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hagiographer But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France. Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024 William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb. Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020 Hansen is not a hagiographer, and parts of the book are unflattering and depart from official Cuban lore. Michael J. Bustamante, Washington Post, 5 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagiographer
Noun
  • As part of the gift, the Pacita Abad Art Estate has allocated funds to the Libraries to support a dedicated archivist who will catalog and digitize the materials, ensuring their long-term accessibility.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • During the group’s first few weeks, Leo Lewis O’Neil, a filmmaker from Los Angeles, offered to become the group’s archivist and filmed the three years of madness, eventually turning it into his directorial debut at Cannes.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • But a new book Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors written by royal biographer Tom Bower is, perhaps, shedding more light on some of the royal dynamics than we’re usually used to.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 30 May 2025
  • According to Wright biographer David Hanks, this interest in the total environment led him to create select clothing as well.
    Carrie Hojnicki, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • However, Louisiana Creole genealogist and historian Jari Honora at the Historical New Orleans Collection has produced the documentation: Pope Leo XIV is, at least in part, an American descendant of enslaved Africans. Catholics who are racist will have much to muse on during Leo’s reign.
    Darryl Barthé, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
  • Nailing that down has become a goal for historians in the Caribbean, said Edwin Espinal Hernández, a genealogist and the director of the law school at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, a Roman Catholic university in the Dominican Republic.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • This was true for autobiographers and for belletristic authors.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Most Black autobiographers never even planned to publish (or thought about publishing) their books commercially.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Hagiographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagiographer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!