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hagiomania

hagiomania noun: an obsession with saints and sainthood.

Noun

hagiomania (uncountable)

  1. An obsession with saints and sainthood.
    • One regular symptom of hagiomania (if the word may be allowed) is the desire of martyrdom.1807 March, The Athenaeum, page 275

Origin of hagiomania

From hagio- + -mania.

Words that rhyme with hagiomania

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Questions about hagiomania

What does hagiomania mean?
Hagiomania means an obsession with saints and sainthood.
What part of speech is hagiomania?
Hagiomania is a noun.

Words near hagiomania in the dictionary

  1. hagiological
  2. hagiologies
  3. hagiologist
  4. hagiologists
  5. hagiology
  6. hagiomania
  7. hagionym
  8. hagionyms
  9. hagiophobia
  10. hagioscope
  11. hagioscopes

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