Martyr Synonyms

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Synonyms for Martyr

sacrifice
The offering of anything to a god; consecratory rite.
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sufferer
One who suffers.
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torment
(Obs.) An instrument of torture or the torture inflicted
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persecute
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scapegoat
(Bible) A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.
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martyrise
torture and torment like a martyr
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martyrize
To be or become a martyr
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offering
A contribution given at a religious service.
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Words Related to Martyr

victim
One who is harmed or killed by another, especially by someone committing a criminal or unlawful act:
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saint
One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God's service.
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archimandrite
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Silkeb
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martyred
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eustathius
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hymnographer
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martyrdom
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heretic
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confessor
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Methodios
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hierarch
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archpastor
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patriarch
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protomartyr
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wonderworker
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Martyr Sentence Examples

  • John Penry, the Puritan martyr, was born at Cefn-brith in this parish.

  • Stephen became a martyr in August 257.

  • He was represented as a warrior performing superhuman feats, as a ruler dispensing perfect justice, and even as a martyr suffering for the faith.

  • As long as the Christian Church was itself persecuted by the pagan empire, it advocated freedom of conscience, and insisted that religion could be promoted only by instruction and persuasion (Justin Martyr, Tertullian, Lactantius); but almost immediately after Christianity was adopted as the religion of the Roman empire the persecution of men for religious opinions began.

  • The fraternity of White Penitents buried the body with great ceremony, and performed a solemn service for the deceased as a martyr; the Franciscans followed their example; and these formalities led to the popular belief in the guilt of the unhappy family.

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