bollandist
1Bollandist — The Bollandists are an association of scholars originally all Jesuit, but now including non Jesuits philologists and historians who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity. Their… …
2Bollandist — /bol euhn dist/, n. any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum. [1745 55; after Jean de BOLLAND; see IST] * * * ▪ Belgian Jesuit group member of a small group of Belgian Jesuits who edit and publish the Acta Sanctorum, the great collection of …
3Bollandist — Die Bollandisten (franz. Société des Bollandistes) sind eine Arbeitsgruppe, welche die Lebensgeschichten der Heiligen der Römisch katholischen Kirche zusammenstellt und in dem Werk Acta Sanctorum veröffentlicht. Die Bezeichnung geht auf Johann… …
4Bollandist — noun Any member of an association of scholars, originally all Jesuits, who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity. See Also: Bollandism …
5Bollandist — Bol|lan|dist der; en, en <nach dem Jesuiten J. Bolland (1596 1665) u. zu ↑...ist> Mitglied der jesuitischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Herausgabe der ↑Acta Sanctorum …
6bollandist — bol·land·ist …
7bollandíst — a [ ola ] m (ȋ) v Franciji in Belgiji član skupine jezuitov, ki se ukvarja s pisanjem življenjepisov svetnikov …
8Bollandist — Bol|lan|dịst, der; en, en (Mitglied der jesuitischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Herausgabe von Heiligenleben) …
9bollandist — ˈbäləndə̇st noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Jean de Bolland died 1665 Flem. Jesuit hagiologist who began the work + English ist : any of the Jesuit editors of the Acta Sanctorum, a collection of biographies of Christian saints and …
10The Bollandists — The Bollandists † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Bollandists An association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acta Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth… …