Meaning of martyrology | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The study of martyrs and martyrdom; the names and stories of martyrs, particularly
2. A liturgical calendar of days for the commemoration of formally recognized saints, usually including some biographical notes.
   capitalized, often
3. Synonym of hagiography, a story of a saint's life and death.
4. Synonym of Eleh Ezkerah, a midrash concerning the Ten Martyrs killed by the Romans, usually read on both Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av.
   Judaism, capitalized, often

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Examples

“It needs further study for what it suggests of the gender dimension to martyrdom and martyrology.”

“... we know that Augustine, a monk in the time of Gregory the Great, took with him into England the martyrology of the Roman Church.”

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