Word Meanings - UNMARTYR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To degrade from the rank of a martyr. Fuller.

Related words: (words related to UNMARTYR)

• MARTYROLOGIC; MARTYROLOGICAL
  Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.
• MARTYRIZE
  To make a martyr of. Spenser.
• FULLER
  One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed
• MARTYROLOGY
  A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.
• DEGRADEMENT
  Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. Milton.
• 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.
• DEGRADE
  To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. Syn. -- To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See Abase. (more info) 1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank' to deprive of office or dignity; to
• MARTYRLY
  In the manner of a martyr.
• FULLERY
  The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
• MARTYRIZATION
  Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. B. Jonson.
• DEGRADED
  Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts. Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. Dana. 3. Etym: (more info) 1. Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low;
• MARTYROLOGE
  A martyrology. Bp. Hall.
• 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.