n. [ AS., from L. martyr, Gr.
To be a martyr, signifies only to witness the truth of Christ; but the witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with persecution, that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but to witness by death. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell,
Thou fall'st a blessed martyr ! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Racked with sciatics, martyred with the stone. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Martyr + -dom. ]
I came from martyrdom unto this peace. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Cf. F. martyriser, LL. martyrizare. ] To make a martyr of. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In the manner of a martyr. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. martyrologium: cf. F. martyrologe. ] A martyrology. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. martyrologiste. ] A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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