Word Meanings - HIEROMARTYR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A priest who becomes a martyr.

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• MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
  Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
• PRIESTLIKE
  Priestly. B. Jonson.
• MARTYRIZE
  To make a martyr of. Spenser.
• PRIESTING
  The office of a priest. Milton.
• MARTYROLOGY
  A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.
• PRIESTESS
  A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp. Potter.
• MARTYR
  1. 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. Chaucer. To be a martyr, signifies only to witness the truth of Christ; but the witnessing
• PRIEST-RIDDEN
  Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. Swift.
• PRIESTISM
  The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood.
• MARTYRDOM
  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.
• MARTYROLOGIST
  A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. T. Warton.
• PRIESTCAP
  A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail.
• MARTYRSHIP
  Martyrdom. Fuller.
• PRIESTLY
  Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell. Shak.
• PRIESTCRAFT
  Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others. It is better that men should
• MARTYRLY
  In the manner of a martyr.
• PRIESTHOOD
  1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function. Bk. of Com. Prayer. 2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests.
• PRIESTLESS
  Without a priest. Pope.
• MARTYRIZATION
  Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. B. Jonson.
• PRIEST
  A presbyter elder; a minister; specifically: One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power. Murdock.
• HIGH-PRIESTHOOD
  The office, dignity, or position of a high priest.
• PROTOMARTYR
  The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
• HIEROMARTYR
  A priest who becomes a martyr.
• UNPRIEST
  To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock. Milton.