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martyrium
[ mahr-tir-ee-uhm ]
noun
, plural mar·tyr·i·a [mahr-, tir, -ee-, uh].
- a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- a church built above the tomb of a martyr or in honor of a martyr.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of martyrium1
From Late Latin, dating back to 1705–15; martyry
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Example Sentences
This was intended to make the martyrium, as the depository of the treasure and the Veil, safe from all accidents.
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Two great piers were inserted in the martyrium to support the raised choir.
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Another 896 legend, his Martyrium, makes him labour and suffer in Mysore.
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To support the vaulting of this ambulatory a new wall was built round the martyrium.
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Quorundam commento vel fraude gentilium ad martyrium furore pertractum.
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