hagiographyPronunciation: /ˌhagɪˈɒgrəfi/Definition of hagiography noun [mass noun] the writing of the lives of saints. [count noun] a biography that treats its subject with undue reverence: a hagiography which is designed to serve a political agenda [mass noun]:the result is not hagiography but a fitting monument to a giant of 20th-century musicDerivatives hagiographicPronunciation: /-ˈgrafɪk/ adjective hagiographicalPronunciation: /-ˈgrafɪk(ə)l/ adjective hagiography in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hagiography in the US English dictionary