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- adjective Of, for, or relating to, a
martyr .
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Examples
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This martyrial end has obscured some of the political tensions within the league itself.
The Working Class Revealed Richard B. Woodward 2011
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It might almost shake the common-sense of admiration for martyrial sufferings, to find that every little girl in England was for some years both able and willing to endure a regular torture, without apparently having the least idea of making any merit by her patience.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 Various 1836
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It would, therefore, entirely prevent inconvenience, and so thwart the Sex in their martyrial propensities.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 Various 1836
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