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Definition of Martyrs
1. martyr [v] - See also: martyr
Lexicographical Neighbors of Martyrs
Literary usage of Martyrs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Four Crowned martyrs.—The old guide-books to the tombs of the Roman martyrs make
mention, in connexion with the catacomb of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus on ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, John Bagnell Bury (1901)
"... were basely polluted by the relics of Christian martyrs. " The monks " (a race
of filthy animals, to whom Eunapius is tempted to refuse the name of men) ..."
3. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"[Book of martyrs]. Actes and Monuments. [Book of martyrs]. Plates. Lond., 1583.
... [Book of martyrs]. Lond., 1641. 3 vols., fol. Cf. (rebacked). H., Nov. ..."
4. The History of Christianity: From the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of by Henry Hart Milman (1840)
"A Pagan philosopher, as late as the fourth century, contemptuously selects some
barbarous names of African martyrs, and inquires whether they are more ..."
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