legend
The life story of a saint such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend.
Example
“As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.”
Other meanings
An unrealistic story depicting past events.
A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
Related words
- legendic
- legendist
- legendization
- legendize
- legendless
- legendmaker
- legendry
- sublegend
- legend in one's own lunchtime
- legend in one's own mind
- legend in one's own lifetime
- living legend
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "legendus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “legend” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.