Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Martyrdom; torment.
- noun Slaughter; havoc.
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Examples
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The famous photo by Melandri of Bernhardt, lying dressed in white with closed eyes in a coffin, echoing the painting of Ophelia by Sir John Evertt Millais (1829 – 1896) and La jeune martyre by Paul Delaroche (1797 – 1856), was meant to promote her favorite tableaux of dying heroines such as Marguerite, Fédora and Adrienne falling lifeless into the arms of their lovers.
Sarah Bernhardt. 2009
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Depuis, je souffre le martyre avec un bras infecté mais bon!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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Moi je souffre le martyre, je reste au lit pour l'attendre.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2008
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I think Saddam became a martyre because he was hanged while his country is occupied by a foreign country.
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I think he will be a martyre because he was executed while his country is occupied by a foreign country.
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Le premier film relate la vie de Brandon Teena, icone martyre des transexuels si vous ne connaissez pas.
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Schortlie after these thingis, that cruell tyrant and unmercyfull hypocrite, falselie called Bischope of Sanctandrois, apprehended that blessed martyre of Christ Jesus WALTER MYLN; [753] a man of decrepite age, whome most cruellie and most unjustlie be put to death by fyre in
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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To-day I have all the Townshends and Brodericks to dine here, and Mie Mie goes after dinner to the Opera with Lady Payne, so I must be dressed to be her beau, which, if it was not for the pleasure of being assistant to her, would be souffrir le martyre.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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After the death of this blissed martyre of God, begane the people, in plaine speaking, to dampne and detest the crueltie that was used.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Researches (Philadelphia, April, 1910); MICHELET, Pologne et Russie, legende de Kosciuszko (Paris, 1851); IDEM, La Pologne martyre (1863);
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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