Martyrdom
['mɑːtədəm] or ['mɑrtɚdəm]
Definition
(noun.) death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Affliction; torment; torture.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Confession
ANT:Renegation, abjuration
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Examples
- A martyrdom was before me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- No: such a martyrdom would be monstrous. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I thought, my dear, that perhaps your face might--' 'My face might be a martyrdom, but what would that import, or who should know it, if I smiled? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She rose, and in rising, looked for the first time towards the little room in which my martyrdom was going on. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I suspect that you have some false belief in the virtues of misery, and want to make your life a martyrdom. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is estimated that seventy thousand Christians suffered martyrdom in this place. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And it is not martyrdom to pay bills that one has run into one's self, said Mrs. Cadwallader. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You should read history--look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Deeply as I have sinned, I have led a life of martyrdom to atone for it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And then I met my martyrdom, with the spirit of a primitive Christian. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I waited, inspired by HER spirit, for a repetition of HER martyrdom. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She was no longer the reckless, defiant creature whom I had heard and seen, on the occasion of my martyrdom in Montagu Square. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What do men know about women's martyrdoms? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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