Word Meanings - MARTYRLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In the manner of a martyr.

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• 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
• MANNERIST
  One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
• MANNERISM
  Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
• 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.
• MANNERLINESS
  The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.
• MANNERED
  1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak. 2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style
• MANNER
  manual, skillful, handy, fr. LL. manarius, for L. manuarius 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
• MARTYRIZATION
  Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. B. Jonson.
• MANNERCHOR
  A German men's chorus or singing club.
• MANNERLY
  Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant. What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly. Shak.
• MARTYROLOGE
  A martyrology. Bp. Hall.
• UNMANNERLY
  Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
• 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.
• OVERMANNER
  In an excessive manner; excessively. Wiclif.
• ILL-MANNERED
  Impolite; rude.
• WELL-MANNERED
  Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. Dryden.
• UNMARTYR
  To degrade from the rank of a martyr. Fuller.