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'hagiography' - Thanks for a new word! ('a biography that treats its subject with undue reverence')

If you’re into etymology at all, it’s worth knowing that originally a hagiography was the biography of a saint, focusing on their miracles.

I thought that it was still technically the biography of a saint, and was only used as anitil's definition by way of metaphor.

I wasn't sure which definition was common parlance so took a punt that the metaphor had overtaken the true meaning.