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Definition of Martyrologist
1. n. A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs.
Definition of Martyrologist
1. Noun. One who studies martyrology. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Martyrologist
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Medical Definition of Martyrologist
1. A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. Origin: Cf. F. Martyrologiste. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Martyrologist
Literary usage of Martyrologist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary (1873)
"... the monument erected b; armour, and surmounted y that Earl, bearing his effigy
in by a slab with a long inscription composed by Foxe, the martyrologist, ..."
2. British Reformers by John Foxe, Miles Coverdale, John Bale (1843)
"SOME ACCOUNT or JOHN FOX, The martyrologist. JOHN FOX, or FOXE, was born at
Boston, in Lincolnshire, AD 1517, the year wherein Luther began publicly to ..."
3. The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical by Hugh James Rose, Samuel Roffey Maitland (1838)
"CONDUCT OF FOXE THE martyrologist, IN THE FRANKFORT TROUBLES. DEAR SIR,—In the
discussion which is now in progress respecting the literary character and ..."
4. A Vindication of the Most Reverend Thomas Cranmer, Lord Archbishop of by Henry John Todd (1826)
"... the martyrologist, in respect to the archbishop's work. Cranmer himself has
also informed us, in his Profession of Faith in 1555, that "fhis book was ..."
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