Hā'gi-ōg'rā-phā, n. pl.

nounplural

n. pl. [Lat., Gr. ἀγιόγραφα (sc. βιβλία), from ἁγιόγραφος, written by inspiration, from ἅγιος, sacred, holy, and γράφειν, to write.]

  1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprehending the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Ruth, Esther, Chronicles, Canticles, Lamentations, and Ecclesiastes.
  2. The lives of the saints. Brande.