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Martyrdom

Martyrdom Meaning & Definition
Martyrdom Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Martyrdom?

[n] any experience that causes intense suffering
[n] death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause

Synonyms | Synonyms for Martyrdom: calvary

Related Terms | Find terms related to Martyrdom: agony | anguish | atrocious pain | bane | blood | bloodletting | bloodshed | braining | clawing | confinement | cruciation | crucifixion | dealing death | destruction | destruction of life | dismemberment | dispatch | estrapade | euthanasia | excruciation | execution | extermination | flow of blood | galleys | gore | hard labor | hell | hell upon earth | holocaust | horror | immolation | impalement | imprisonment | incarceration | jailing | keelhauling | kill | killing | laceration | lancination | lapidation | martyrization | mercy killing | nightmare | passion | penal servitude | persecution | picketing | poisoning | purgatory | rack | railriding | ritual killing | ritual murder | rock pile | sacrifice | shooting | slaughter | slaying | stoning | strappado | taking of life | tar-and-feathering | the gantlet | torment | torture

See Also | affliction | death | decease

Martyrdom In Webster's Dictionary

\Mar"tyr*dom\, n. [Martyr + -dom.] 1. The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. --Bacon. I came from martyrdom unto this peace. --Longfellow. 2. Affliction; torment; torture. --Chaucer.

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