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<hw>Ha`gi*oc"ra*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ holy, and <?/ to govern.]</ety> <def>Government by a priesthood; hierarchy.</def>

<h1>Hagiographa</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Ha`gi*og"ra*pha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ (sc.<?/), fr. <?/ written by inspiration; <?/ sacred, holy + <?/ to write.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, or that portion not contained in the Law and the Prophets. It comprises Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>The lives of the saints.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Hagiographal</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Ha`gi*og"ra*phal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>, Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.</def>

<h1>Hagiographer</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Ha`gi*og"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.</def>

<i>Shipley.</i>

<h1>Hagiography</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Ha`gi*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?, 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same <er>Hagiographa</er>.</def>

<h1>Hagiolatry</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Ha`gi*ol"a*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sacred + <?/ worship.]</ety> <def>The invocation or worship of saints.</def>

<h1>Hagiologist</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Ha`gi*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.</def>

<i>Tylor.</i>

<blockquote><b>Hagiologists</b> have related it without scruple. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hagiology</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Ha`gi*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sacred + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.</def>

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<h1>Hagioscope</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Ha"gi*o*scope`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sacred + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a <i>squint</i>.</def>

<i>Hook.</i>

<h1>Hag-ridden</h1> <Xpage=663>

<hw>Hag"-rid`den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare.</def>

<i>Beattie. Cheyne.</i>

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