Word Meanings - MARTYRIZE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To make a martyr of. Spenser.

MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
MARTYRIZE
To make a martyr of. Spenser.
MARTYROLOGY
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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
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.
MARTYRSHIP
Martyrdom. Fuller.
MARTYRLY
In the manner of a martyr.
SPENSERIAN
Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faërie Queene."
MARTYRIZATION
Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. B. Jonson.
MARTYROLOGE
A martyrology. Bp. Hall.
DISPENSER
One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
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.
UNMARTYR
To degrade from the rank of a martyr. Fuller.