n
The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.
n
(Christianity) Martyrdom by immolation.
v
(Christianity) To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
n
A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.
adj
Relating to crucifixion.
n
(Christianity, theology) The crucifixion of Jesus, viewed as a crime.
n
A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
n
(Eastern Orthodoxy) A saint who was martyred after suffering great torture.
n
A priest who becomes a martyr.
n
(religion) A martyred monk or nun.
n
(by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
n
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.
n
A video recording made by a prospective Islamic suicide bomber setting out a rationale for his or her actions.
n
One who martyrs another.
adj
Of, for, or relating to, a martyr.
n
A church that contains relics of martyrs or marks the site of the grave of a martyr; a martyry.
adj
Having characteristics of a martyr.
n
The act of being a martyr; self-sacrifice.
n
A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr.
n
One who martyrs, puts others through martyrdom.
adv
(obsolete, rare) In a way which befits or suggests a martyr.
n
The idolization or adoration of martyrs.
n
Obsolete spelling of martyrology (catalogue of martyrs) [(Roman Catholicism) A catalogue or list of martyrs (or, more precisely, of saints), arranged in the order of their anniversaries.]
n
Obsolete form of martyrology. [(Roman Catholicism) A catalogue or list of martyrs (or, more precisely, of saints), arranged in the order of their anniversaries.]
n
Synonym of martyrology (“catalogue of martyrs”)
n
A martyrology (catalogue of martyrs).
n
(Roman Catholicism) A catalogue or list of martyrs (or, more precisely, of saints), arranged in the order of their anniversaries.
adj
of or pertaining to Martyropolis
adj
Pertaining to, or characteristic of a martyr
n
A shrine in honor of a (usually religious, notably Christian) martyr, possibly at his grave.
n
(historical, rare) A sacrifice that is partially burned to ashes.
n
An individual mentioned in the New Testament who was directly involved in the burial or who discovered the empty tomb following the resurrection of Jesus.
adj
Of or pertaining to oblation; oblatory
n
Admission into a pantheon; specifically, interment in the Pantheon in Paris.
n
Any analogous religious story of the suffering, death, and resurrection of other gods or goddesses, or of the martyrdom of holy people, such as the Muslim tazia.
n
A book in which the sufferings of saints and martyrs are described
n
The first martyr to die for a particular cause.
n
Any of the first Christian martyrs.
n
The martyrdom of a protomartyr.
n
One who dies like a martyr but (e.g. because of heretical religious views) is not a true martyr.
n
False or pretended martyrdom
n
One who displays stigmata, the five wounds of Christ.
n
The likeness to or union with God; deification.
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