martyrium

[ mahr-tir-ee-uhm ]

noun

, plural mar·tyr·i·a [mahr-, tir, -ee-, uh].

1. a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
2. a church built above the tomb of a martyr or in honor of a martyr.

Word History and Origins

Origin of martyrium¹

From Late Latin, dating back to 1705–15; martyry

Example Sentences

This was intended to make the martyrium, as the depository of the treasure and the Veil, safe from all accidents.

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Two great piers were inserted in the martyrium to support the raised choir.

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Another 896 legend, his Martyrium, makes him labour and suffer in Mysore.

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To support the vaulting of this ambulatory a new wall was built round the martyrium.

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Quorundam commento vel fraude gentilium ad martyrium furore pertractum.

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