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mar⋅tyr⋅ol⋅o⋅gy

  [mahr-tuh-rol-uh-jee]
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–noun, plural -gies.
1. the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
2. a history of martyrs.
3. such histories collectively.
4. a list of martyrs.
Origin:
1590–1600; < ML martyrologium history of martyrs < LGk martyrológion. See martyr, -o-, -logy

Related forms:
mar⋅tyr⋅o⋅log⋅i⋅cal  [mahr-ter-uh-loj-i-kuhl] , mar⋅tyr⋅o⋅log⋅ic, adjective
mar⋅tyr⋅ol⋅o⋅gist, noun
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