Word Meanings - HAGIOGRAPHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints. Shipley.

WRITER
1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer
WRITERSHIP
The office of a writer.
HAGIOGRAPHAL
, Pertaining to the hagiographa, or to sacred writings.
HAGIOGRAPHA
The lives of the saints. Brande & C. (more info) 1. 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,
SAINTSHIP
The character or qualities of a saint.
LIVES
pl. of Life.
PLAYWRITER
A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.
ALL SAINTS; ALL SAINTS'
The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.
STORY-WRITER
1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17.
UNDERWRITER
One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
NEWS-WRITER
One who gathered news for, and wrote, news-letters. Macaulay.
TYPEWRITER
1. An instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper. 2. One who uses such an instrument.