pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Bible The Writings. [Late Latin, from Late Greek, from neuter pl. of hagiographos, written by inspiration, scriptural : Greek hagio-, hagio- + Greek -graphos, written (from graphein, to write; see -GRAPH).] |
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