martyrology
/mahr-tuh-rol-uh-jee/US // ˌmɑr təˈrɒl ə dʒi //UK // (ˌmɑːtəˈrɒlədʒɪ) //
殉道者,殉道士,殉道学,殉道家
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural mar·tyr·ol·o·gies.
- : the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
- : a history of martyrs.
- : such histories collectively.
- : a list of martyrs.
Examples
On his resettlement in England, he employed himself in revising and enlarging his admirable Martyrology.
She is numbered among the martyrs, and occurs in the Roman Martyrology on the 29th of May.
In those days even the Sorbonagres themselves were expurgating the martyrology and the legends of saints.
And the faith in the malleability of glass has had its martyrology as well as faith in graver things.
The Roman Martyrology, however, accepts the Greek tradition.
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