martyrology
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10. In choir, the martyrology is here read, 11.
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- noun An official list or catalog of religious martyrs, especially of Christian martyrs.
- noun An account of the life and manner of death of a martyr.
- noun The branch of ecclesiastical history or hagiography that deals with martyrs.
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- Similar indications are furnished by the martyrologies, &c.; for instance, the martyrology of Donegal under November 28th records of âthe three sons of Bochraâ that — Lives of SS Declan and Mochuda
- A few lazy abbots were at their devotions before them; such as would have made a lion's mouth water; fatter, I dare say, than any saint in the whole martyrology, and ten times more tantalizing. — Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
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10. In choir, the martyrology is here read, 11.
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It is a well-written but badly arranged martyrology, and over all its pages might be inscribed the Talmudical motto, that God's chastisements of
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The whole question of martyrology, a far more important one than historians generally fancy, requires a thorough investigation, critical and historical; it has to be done, and especially just now.
— Literary and General Lectures and Essays
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- = French martyrologe = Spanish martirologio = Portuguese martyrologio = Italian martirologio, from Middle Latin martyrologium, from Middle Greek
μαρτυρολόγιον , a catalogue of martyrs, from Greekμάρτυρ , martyr, +λόγος , an account,λέγειν , speak: see Logos, -ology.
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/ (märˌtə-rŏlˈə-jē)/
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