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martyrdom


mar·tyr·dom

noun \ˈmär-tər-dəm\

Definition of MARTYRDOM

1
: the suffering of death on account of adherence to a cause and especially to one's religious faith
2
: affliction, torture
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First Known Use of MARTYRDOM

before 12th century

Other Christian Religious Terms

Pentateuch, blasphemy, curate, doxology, eremite, iconoclasm, liturgy, orison, pneuma, reliquary

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