Martyrdoms Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Martyrdoms

calvaries
A life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground
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tortures
Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
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torments
The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
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sufferings
The bearing or undergoing of pain, distress, or injury
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anguish
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
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devotions
(Countable, ecclesiastical) A prayer (often found in the plural)
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ordeals
A method of trial in which the accused was subjected to pain or danger as a means of invoking God's intercession, with the outcome regarded as revealing a divine determination of guilt or innocence.
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distresses
Bodily dysfunction or discomfort caused by disease or injury:
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pains
Bodily suffering characterized by such feelings:
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agonies
Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
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Antonyms for Martyrdoms

apostasies
Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.
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satisfactions
Pleasure or contentment derived from such gratification:
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happinesses
The emotion of being happy; joy.
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indulgences
(Roman Catholic Church) The remission of punishment still due, especially in purgatory, for a sin that has been sacramentally absolved.
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sacrifices
A loss so sustained.
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Martyrdoms Sentence Examples

  • Among such documents connected with the early history of Edessa we have, besides the Doctrine of Addai, certain martyrdoms, those of Sharbel and Barsamya assigned to the reign of Trajan, and those of Gurya and Shamona and of the Deacon Habbibh under Diocletian and Licinius.

  • But the great bulk of the Syriac martyrdoms have their scene farther east, within the Persian dominions.

  • Nor is he less successful when recording pathetic events, for his stories of certain martyrdoms, and of the execution of Mary queen of Scots, are told with exquisite feeling and in language of well-restrained emotion.

  • The Liber contains much information about papal affairs in general, and about endowments, martyrdoms and the like, but a considerable part of it is obviously legendary.

  • Most of the literature of the sub-apostolic age is epistolary, and we have a particularly interesting form of epistle in the communications between churches (as distinct from individuals) known as the First Epistle of Clement (Rome to Corinth), the Martyrdom of Polycarp (Smyrna to Philomelium), and the Letters of the Churches of Vienne andLyons (to the congregations of Asia Minor and Phrygia) describing the Gallican martyrdoms of A.D.

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