Middle English Dictionary Entry
agiographe(s n.
Entry Info
| Forms | agiographe(s n. |
| Etymology | ML, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Hagiographa of Hebrew Scripture (comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Daniel, etc.), as distinct from the Laws and the Prophets; (b) Holy Scripture.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Kings (Corp-O 4)p.3 : The thridde ordre weeldith Agiogropha, that ben holi wryten ensaumplis..And so ben maad togidre the bokis of the oold lawe two and twenti, that is, of Moyses fyue, of Prophetis eiȝte, of Agiografis..nyne; al be it that summe writen Ruth and Synoth among the Agiographis.
b
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)22278 : And my name..Is callyd Agyographe, Whiche is to seyne..Off holy wrytynge the scripture.