hagiographic

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This biography borders upon the hagiographic - the man could obviously do no wrong in Elton's eyes, or anyone else's that he speaks to.

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  1. Pertaining to hagiography; relating to the Hagiographa, or to sacred writings. So far as the Hagiographa is concerned, this celebrated code is not lost; and almost the whole of its Hagiographic readings would be available for the settlement of disputed points in the Massoretic text. The Academy, Nov. 17, 1888, p. 321.

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  • This hagiographic portrait of Bush the Egghead might be easier to buy were the former national security official Richard Clarke not quoted in the new Vanity Fair saying that both Condoleezza Rice and her deputy, Stephen Hadley, had instructed him early on to keep his memos short as the President is "not a big reader". —  PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All
  • This hagiographic portrait of Bush the Egghead might be easier to buy were the former national security official Richard Clarke not quoted in the new Vanity Fair saying that both Rice and her deputy, Stephen Hadley, had instructed him early on to keep his memos short because the president is "not a big reader." —  Toronto Mike's Blog
  • This hagiographic portrait of Bush the Egghead might be easier to buy were the former national security official Richard Clarke not saying that both Rice and her deputy, Stephen Hadley, had instructed him early on to keep his memos short because the president is "not a big reader." —  BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE THE SOULS OF MY BLACK SISTERS
  • The hagiographic series of video tributes to Republican presidents past, from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, contributed to the impression of a nostalgia-fueled convention. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • This biography borders upon the hagiographic - the man could obviously do no wrong in Elton's eyes, or anyone else's that he speaks to. —  Fulldls.com
 

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