Usually means: Record of martyrs and their fates.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. martyrology: Merriam-Webster
  2. martyrology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. martyrology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. martyrology: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Martyrology, martyrology: Wordnik
  6. martyrology: Wiktionary
  7. martyrology: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. martyrology: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. martyrology: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Martyrology, martyrology: Dictionary.com
  11. Martyrology (Judaism), Martyrology: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Martyrology: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. martyrology: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Martyrology: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. martyrology: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. martyrology: FreeDictionary.org
  17. martyrology: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. martyrology: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Martyrology: Catholic Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (martyrology)

noun:  The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly
noun:  (Roman Catholicism, often capitalized) A liturgical calendar of days for the commemoration of formally recognized saints, usually including some biographical notes.
noun:  (Roman Catholicism) Synonym of hagiography, a story of a saint's life and death.
noun:  (Judaism, often capitalized) Synonym of Eleh Ezkerah, a midrash concerning the Ten Martyrs killed by the Romans, usually read on both Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av.

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