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Meaning of "martyry" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MARTYRY

ˈmɑːtərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARTYRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Martyry is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MARTYRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Martyr

A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, and/or refusing to advocate a belief or cause, usually a religious one.

Definition of martyry in the English dictionary

The definition of martyry in the dictionary is a shrine or chapel erected in honour of a martyr.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MARTYRY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARTYRY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MARTYRY

a far cry · angry · anniversary · battery · blackberry · carry · category · celery · century · cherry · contemporary · country · cry · delivery · diary · dictionary · panegyry · porphyry · rhombenporphyry · rhombporphyry

Synonyms and antonyms of martyry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

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Martyry
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Martyrium
180 millions of speakers
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Martyry
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மதத்திற்காக தியாகம் செய்தவர் நினைவாக எழுதப்பட்ட கோயில்
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शहीद
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARTYRY»

Discover the use of martyry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to martyry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Second Series, Volume XIV ...
By the word fnaprvpiif (" martyry ") is meant a church or chapel raised over a martyr's grave. So the Laodicene Council forbids Churchmen to visit the " martyries of heretics " (can. ix,}. So Gregory of Nyssa speaks of " the martyry " of the Holy ...
Philip Schaff, 2007
2
NPNF2-14. The Seven Ecumenical Councils
Bright. By the word μαρτυρίῳ (“martyry”) is meant a church or chapel raised over a martyr's grave. So the Laodicene Council forbids Churchmen to visit the “ martyries of heretics” (can. ix.). So Gregory of Nyssa speaks of “the martyry” of the Holy ...
Philip Schaff
3
The Works of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Volume 2 (The Fathers ...
You see that the prophet foresaw that the place of the Resurrection was to be called "the martyry." Now for what reason is this place of Golgotha and of the Resurrection called, not a church like the rest of the churches, but a martyry?
Saint Cyril (Bishop of Jerusalem), 2000
4
The antiquities of the Christian church
And from this time, in all Christian writers of the following ages, a martyry is always put to signify such a church. Socrates64 speaks of ' the Martyry of Thomas , the Apostle,' at Edessa, and ' of Peter and Paul' at Rome ; and of ' the Martyry of  ...
Joseph Bingham, Richard Bingham, 1855
5
Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian ...
And from this time, in all Christian writers of the following ages, a martyry is always put to signify such a church. Socrates speaks*2 of the martyry of Thomas the apostle at Edessa, and of Peter and Paul*3 at Rome, and of the martyry of ...
Joseph Bingham, 1856
6
Origines ecclesiasticæ; or, The antiquities of the Christian ...
tyries, by which he at once did honour to the memory of the martyrs, and as it were consecrated his city to the God of the martyrs," And from this time in all Christian writers of the following ages a martyry is always put to signify such a church.
Joseph Bingham, Richard Bingham, 1834
7
Origines ecclesiasticae: or, The antiquities of the ...
... of the martyrs ;" and, from this time, in all Christian writers of the following ages, a martyry is always put to signify such a church. Socrates speaks" of the martyry of Thomas the Apostle at Edessa, and of Peter and Paul at Rome, and of the ...
Joseph Bingham, 1840
8
Bibliotheca Sacra, Or, Tracts and Essays on Topics Connected ...
Over the sepulchre Constantine had built a splendid oratory ; and over the Golgotha, an immense martyry (fiaptvQiov) or Basilica.3 These were wonders done to Christ in the eyes of the church ; these were " honours paid to the sepulchre of ...
‎1843
9
Origines ecclesiasticae
Socrates speaks° of the martyry of Thomas the Apostle at Edessa, and of Peter and Paul at Rome, and of the martyry of Euphemia '1 at Chalcedon, where the body of that martyr lay buried; which was the church where the famous Council of  ...
‎1840
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Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review
Over the sepulchre Constantine had built a splendid oratory ; and over the Golgotha, an immense martyry (papzvQiov) or Basilica.2 These were wonders done to Christ in the eyes of the church ; these were " honours paid to the sepulchre of ...
‎1843
REFERENCE
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