MARTYR
\mˈɑːtə], \mˈɑːtə], \m_ˈɑː_t_ə]\
Definitions of MARTYR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"
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one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
By Princeton University
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kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"
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one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
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make into a martyr
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
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Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause.
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To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
By Oddity Software
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One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
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Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause.
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To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
By Noah Webster.
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One who dies for a faith, cause, or principle; one who suffers keenly, especially for a cause or principle.
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To put to death for loyalty to some belief, especially Christianity.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put to death because of one's faith; persecute.
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One who suffers death for his faith or for any cherished object.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One who bears witness to his belief by suffering persecution or death for it, especially applied to religious belief; one who suffers persecution or death in defence of any cause; one suffering from some severe bodily disease beyond ordinary.
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To subject to extreme persecution, or to put to death, on account of belief or opinions; to torment; to murder.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
