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Webster 1913 Edition


Martyrology

Marˊtyr-ol′o-gy

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Noun.
;
pl.
-gies
(#)
.
[
Martyr
+
-logy
.]
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs.
Bp. Stillingfleet.

Webster 1828 Edition


Martyrology

MARTYROL'OGY

,
Noun.
[Gr. a witness, and discourse.] A history or account of martyrs with their sufferings; or a register of martyrs.

Definition 2024


martyrology

martyrology

English

Noun

martyrology (plural martyrologies)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) A catalogue or list of martyrs (or, more precisely, of saints), arranged in the order of their anniversaries.
  2. (Judaism) The story of the deaths of several famous Rabbis (including Rabbi Akiva) by Romans, read both on Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av.

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