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Bollandist

Bol·land·ist [ bólləndist ] (plural Bol·land·ists)


noun 
Definition:
 
Jesuit editor of lives of saints: any of a group of Belgian Jesuit editors of the Acta Sanctorum, a collection of legends and biographies of the saints

[Mid-18th century. After Jean de Bolland (1595-1665), Flemish Jesuit who was author of the first edition of the collection]

Bol·land·ist adjective
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