https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Htc8N8dERa8/U66UUpAiTwI/AAAAAAAAJhY/oZa4eyabddw/s1600/Stowe12f27vThomasBecket.jpgleǧende (n.) Also legend, legande, legent, legant. [ OFOld French legende & MLMedieval Latin legenda.]

 

1. (a) A written account of the life of a saint; (b) a collection of saints' lives; the ~,

the Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine.

 

2. (a) An account of a saint's life, or a portion thereof, appointed to be read in a church service;

(b) a book containing such accounts; a book of lessons.

 

3. (a) A story about a person; also, a collection of stories about persons; (b) a narrative dealing

with a happening or an event; (c) ~ of lif, the list of those persons predestined to everlasting life