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Many believe that all the Apostles were martyred except John; however, the Bible reports only on the martyrdom of James.martyrdom = someone who dies upholding religious principles
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Although ruthless, they did not want to create a martyr, so rather than execute her, they imprisoned her.martyr = someone admired for dying to uphold principles
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O Allah, please make war between Muslims and infidels so I can die in your service and be a martyr. (source)martyr = someone who dies or suffers in the name of their religion
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He says that, perhaps, in this class there is a future priest or a martyr for the Faith, (source)martyr = someone who suffers for the sake of principle -- especially someone killed for refusing to renounce their religion
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Yes sir, Mrs. Perkins, that J. Grimes Everett is a martyred saint, (source)martyred = someone who suffered for the sake of principle
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Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar. (source)martyred = of someone suffering to uphold principles
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'I didn't never call him unladylike, not even when he tied my Clorinda to the firewood bundle and burned her at the stake for a martyr.' (source)martyr = someone who dies or suffers to uphold principles
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The dead men had become martyrs and their degradation was forgotten. (source)martyrs = someone admired for dying or suffering to uphold principles
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Maybe he'd been hallucinating, or his martyrdom fantasies had gotten the better of him.† (source)martyrdom = the death or suffering of someone due to upholding principles
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Amanda leans against the shut door and stares at Laura with a martyred look. (source)martyred = like someone who has suffered for the sake of principle
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Therefore I pray the Sovran Mind, from whom Thy motion and thy virtue are begun, That he would look from whence the fog doth rise, To vitiate thy beam: so that once more He may put forth his hand 'gainst such, as drive Their traffic in that sanctuary, whose walls With miracles and martyrdoms were built.† (source)martyrdoms = instances of the death or suffering of people due to upholding principles
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Despis'd, distressed, hated, martyr'd, kill'd!† (source)martyr'd = killed or suffered due to holding to principles
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Juno, Thus hath your ire our lineage all fordo* *undone, ruined Save only me, and wretched Palamon, That Theseus martyreth in prison.† (source)martyreth = dies or suffers due to upholding principlestandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She martyreth" in older English, today we say "She martyrs."
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She flushed, her beautiful eyes grew dim, red blotches came on her face, and it took on the unattractive martyrlike expression it so often wore, as she submitted herself to Mademoiselle Bourienne and Lise.† (source)martyrlike = in the manner of someone who dies or suffers due to upholding principle
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She was patient—a martyr, indeed but she forebore to pray for enemies, lest, in spite of her forgiving aspirations, the words of the blessing should stubbornly twist themselves into a curse. (source)martyr = someone who suffers to uphold principles
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He was one of the martyrs of the Church. (source)martyrs = people who suffer for the sake of principle
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