martyrology

[ mahr-tuh-rol-uh-jee ]

noun

, plural mar·tyr·ol·o·gies.

1. the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
2. a history of martyrs.
3. such histories collectively.
4. a list of martyrs.

martyrology

/ ˌmɑːtərəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; ˌmɑːtəˈrɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. an official list of martyrs
2. Christianity the study of the lives of the martyrs
3. a historical account of the lives of martyrs

Derived Forms

• martyrological, adjective
• ˌmartyrˈologist, noun

Other Words From

• mar·tyr·o·log·i·cal [mahr-ter-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], martyr·o·logic adjective
• martyr·olo·gist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of martyrology¹

1590–1600; < Medieval Latin martyrologium history of martyrs < Late Greek martyrológion. See martyr, -o-, -logy

Example Sentences

On his resettlement in England, he employed himself in revising and enlarging his admirable Martyrology.

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She is numbered among the martyrs, and occurs in the Roman Martyrology on the 29th of May.

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In those days even the Sorbonagres themselves were expurgating the martyrology and the legends of saints.

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And the faith in the malleability of glass has had its martyrology as well as faith in graver things.

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The Roman Martyrology, however, accepts the Greek tradition.

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