'Martyrdom' definitions:
Definition of 'martyrdom'
(from WordNet)
noun
Death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
noun
Any experience that causes intense suffering [syn: calvary, martyrdom]
Definition of 'Martyrdom'
From: GCIDE
- Martyrdom \Mar"tyr*dom\, n. [Martyr + -dom.]
- 1. The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- I came from martyrdom unto this peace. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Affliction; torment; torture. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'martyrdom'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agony,
- anguish,
- atrocious pain,
- bane,
- blood,
- bloodletting,
- bloodshed,
- braining,
- clawing,
- confinement,
- cruciation,
- crucifixion,
- dealing death,
- destruction,
- destruction of life,
- dismemberment,
- dispatch,
- estrapade,
- euthanasia,
- excruciation,
- execution,
- extermination,
- flow of blood,
- galleys,
- gore,
- hard labor,
- hell,
- hell upon earth,
- holocaust,
- horror,
- immolation,
- impalement,
- imprisonment,
- incarceration,
- jailing,
- keelhauling,
- kill,
- killing,
- laceration,
- lancination,
- lapidation,
- martyrization,
- mercy killing,
- nightmare,
- passion,
- penal servitude,
- persecution,
- picketing,
- poisoning,
- purgatory,
- rack,
- railriding,
- ritual killing,
- ritual murder,
- rock pile,
- sacrifice,
- shooting,
- slaughter,
- slaying,
- stoning,
- strappado,
- taking of life,
- tar-and-feathering,
- the gantlet,
- torment,
- torture