A piece of writing describing the lives, activities, etc., of a particular family.

In classical Malay literature, a prose narrative combining romance and biography.

The history or study of the dead.

a biography combined with a study of the public events of the subject's lifetime.

a biography combined with a study of the writings of the subject.

A photographic account of a person's life; (also) photography used as a biographical medium.

Usually somewhat depreciative. Biography which idealizes or idolizes its subject; the writing or production of this. Also: a biography which…

a fictionalized biography.

attributive. Of a biographical account, etc.: written by a professional author using material gathered from personal conversation with the subject…

A series of thematically related photographs, usually supplemented or linked together by a narrative text or commentary; an essay, biography…