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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hagiographa \Ha'gi*og"ra*pha\ (h[a^]'g[-e]*[o^]g"r[.a]*f[.a] or h[=a]'j[i^]*[o^]g"r[.a]*f[.a]), noun pl. [L., fr. Gr. "agio'grafa (sc. bibli'a), fr. "agio'grafos written by inspiration; "a'gios sacred, holy + gra'fein to write.]
1. The last of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles, or that portion of the Old Testament not contained in the Law ({Tora}) and the Prophets ({Nevi'im}) -- it is also called in Hebrew the {Ketuvim}. Together with the Tora and Nevi'im, it comprises the Hebrew Bible, which is called in Hebrew the {Tanach}, a vocalization of the first letters of its three parts. [1913 Webster + RP]
2. (R. C. Ch.) The lives of the saints. --Brande & C.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Hagiographa
noun: the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures [syn: {Ketubim}, {Writings}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hagiographa the holy writings, a term which came early into use in the Christian church to denote the third division of the Old Testament scriptures, called by the Jews Kethubim, i.e., "Writings." It consisted of five books, viz., Job, Proverbs, and Psalms, and the two books of Chronicles. The ancient Jews classified their sacred books as the Law, the Prophets, and the Kethubim, or Writings. (See {BIBLE}.) In the New Testament (Luke 24:44) we find three corresponding divisions, viz., the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms.
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