martyr
noun
a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion.
martyrly
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a word derived from
martyr.
Example Sentences
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But Araminty’s passing of the torch has none of the martyrly self-sacrifice of, say, Lana Turner’s ceding her lover to her spoiled, oblivious daughter in Imitation of Life.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2014
It is their martyrly lot to be ribbed occasionally by their irreverent fellows.
From Time Magazine Archive
