Both Uses
martyr
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
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- As vividly as any number of the stories in the Bible, Owen Meany showed us what a martyr was.†
p. 8.1martyr = someone who dies or suffers to uphold principles
- I had not seen the Rev. Mr. Merrill climb—I suppose, shakily—to the stage; when I noticed him, he was standing beside the martyred Mary Magdalene.†
p. 420.8 *martyred = killed or suffered due to holding to principles
Definitions:
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(1)
(martyr) someone who is killed or made to suffer greatly for their beliefs, often unjustly; or someone who acts as if they suffer a lot; or to make someone into such a person
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)