n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred, holy + -archy.] A sacred government; government by holy orders of men. Southey. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios holy, and kratei^n to govern.] Government by a priesthood; hierarchy. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. "agio`grafa (sc. bibli`a), fr. "agio`grafos written by inspiration; "a`gios sacred, holy + gra`fein to write.] 1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles, or that portion of the Old Testament not contained in the Law (Tora) and the Prophets (Nevi'im) -- it is also called in Hebrew the Ketuvim. Together with the Tora and Nevi'im, it comprises the Hebrew Bible, which is called in Hebrew the Tanach, a vocalization of the first letters of its three parts. [1913 Webster + RP]

2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. Brande & C. [1913 Webster]

Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. of or pertaining to the Hagiographa, or to sacred writings; -- same as hagiographal. [ PJC ]

2. of or pertaining to hagiography. [ PJC ]

n. Same as Hagiographa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred + &unr_; worship.] The invocation or worship of saints. [1913 Webster]

n. One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hagiologists have related it without scruple. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "a`gios sacred + -logy.] The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]