Hagiologist

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hagiologist
    n 1: the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography [syn:
         {hagiographer}, {hagiographist}, {hagiologist}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hagiologist \Ha`gi*ol"o*gist\ (-[-o]*j[i^]st), n.
   One who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives
   of the saints; a hagiographer. --Tylor.
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         Hagiologists have related it without scruple.
                                                  --Southey.
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