martyrology
Americannoun
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the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
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a history of martyrs.
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such histories collectively.
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a list of martyrs.
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an official list of martyrs
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Christianity the study of the lives of the martyrs
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a historical account of the lives of martyrs
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Etymology
Origin of martyrology
1590–1600; < Medieval Latin martyrologium history of martyrs < Late Greek martyrológion. See martyr, -o-, -logy
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Threaded through the narrative, as contrast and commentary, is a martyrology of female saints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Showfolk love martyrology as much as political people do.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the Confessor is a character in English history; whereas St. George, apart from his place in martyrology as a Roman soldier, can hardly be said to be a character in any history.
From A Short History of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Dinner was about twelve o'clock, when either a bursar or an external student read, "first Holy Scripture, then a book appointed by the master, then a passage from a martyrology."
From Life in the Medieval University by Rait, Robert S.
The abolition of monarchy was carried, September 21, without any discussion; for the history of kings, said Bishop Grégoire, is the martyrology of nations.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia, at least three Saint Valentines are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of 14 February.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2016
False gospels, epistles, acts, martyrologies, were unscrupulously circulated, and such pious falsification was not even intended or regarded as a crime, but perpetrated for the sake of edification.
From Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels by Wheeler, Joseph Mazzini
An exhaustive study of the oldest martyrologies has already led to important cases of agreement between Rome and the East, and promises still further revelations.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
Of many hundreds of our Irish saints we have only the meagre details supplied by the martyrologies, with perhaps occasional reference to them in the Lives of other saints.
From The Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore by Power, P. (Patrick)
The Greeks keep his festival very solemnly: and all the Latin martyrologies mention him.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
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