martyrology
noun
the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
martyrologies
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pluralof martyrology.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
But, so far as I have been able to ascertain, they do not occur in any martyrologies or lists of saints of the Western Church older than that of Petrus de Natalibus.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
“Within a few years after Christ, the Christian martyrologies are full of the names of female sufferers, who, for Jesus’ sake, went to the stake, with all the courage and inflexibility of apostles.”
From The Young Maiden by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
Apart from the martyrologies Religious literature. already mentioned in connexion with Oengus the Culdee, a number of lives of saints and other ecclesiastical literature have come down to us.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Her name occurs on this day in the ancient breviary of Autun, and in the martyrologies of Rabanus, Usuard, and Notker: also in the Roman.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
