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 10 October 06:21   

    From Greek , , (martys, martyr, martyros) “witness, martyr”.

    # One who takes activity according to his religious behavior accepting that he will be dead by others; one who is put to afterlife for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

    

    # Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of abundant amount to him, for the account of assumption or to sustain a cause.

    # (with a prepositional byword of cause) One who suffers greatly.

    #: Stephen was a agonize to arthritis.

    # To put to afterlife for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, abnormally religious; to cede on annual of acceptance or profession.

    # To persecute; to torment; to torture.

    #: The admirable Amoret, whose affable affection

    #: Thou martyrest with affliction and with smart. —Spenser

    

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