About The Word Martyrdom

Bay Area Crosswords
  1. Bay Area Crosswords
  2. Crossoword Dictionary
  3. M Words
  4. M-22
  5. Martyrdom

Learn about the word Martyrdom to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Martyrdom definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day