different between martyrdom vs martyrium

English

Etymology

From Middle English martyrdome, martirdom, marterdom, from Old English martyrd?m (“martyrdom”), corresponding to martyr +? -dom. Cognate with German Märtyrertum (“martyrdom”), Danish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Swedish martyrdom (“martyrdom”), Norwegian martyrdom (“martyrdom”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??(?).t?(?).d?m/

Noun

martyrdom (countable and uncountable, plural martyrdoms)

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.
   • 1681, George Hickes, “A Sermon Preached before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London”:

     The like clamour, and outcry, the Rabble of the unbelieving Jews and Gentiles made again?t Polycarp Bi?hop of Smyrna, at the time of his Martyrdom. crying out again?t him to the Governour, that he ?hould ca?t him to the Lyons, and when he an?wered them he could not, becau?e the Spectacular ?ports were concluded, then they cry’d out, Burn him, burn him, ju?t as the Jews cryed out again?t Chri?t to Pilate, Crucify him, crucify him.

2. Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.

Translations

See also

• Wikipedia article on martyrdom

Old English

Etymology

From martyr +? -d?m.

Noun

martyrd?m m

1. martyrdom

Declension

Synonyms

• martyrh?d

Descendants

• Middle English: martyrdome, martirdom, marterdom
  • English: martyrdom
  • Scots: martirdome

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “martyrd?m”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin martyrium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (martúrion, “testimony”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m???t??.i.?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m???ti?.i.?m/

Noun

martyrium (plural martyriums or martyria)

1. A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr.
2. (rhetoric) Confirming something by referring to one's own experience.

Synonyms

• (rhetoric): testatio

Related terms

• martyr
• martyrdom

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin martyrium, from Latin ?????????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?r?ti?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: mar?ty?ri?um

Noun

martyrium n (plural martyria)

1. (Christianity) A hagiography about a martyr.

   Synonyms: martyrologie, martyrologium

2. A tomb, church or monument erected in memory of a martyr.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (martúrion, “testimony”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mar?ty.ri.um/, [mär?t???i???]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /mar?ty.ri.u/, [mar?t?r?u]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mar?ti.ri.um/, [m?r?t?i??ium]

Noun

martyrium n (genitive martyri? or martyr?); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) martyrdom; testimony of a martyr, especially through blood (death)
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a martyrium; burial place of a martyr
3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a church dedicated to a martyr

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• martyr

Descendants

References

• martyrium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• martyrium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• martyrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

martyrium n (definite singular martyriet, indefinite plural martyrier, definite plural martyria or martyriene)

1. death of or as a martyr

   Synonym: martyrdød

2. (figuratively) prolonged suffering

References

• “martyrium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “martyrium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

martyrium n (definite singular martyriet, indefinite plural martyrium, definite plural martyria)

1. death of or as a martyr

   Synonym: martyrdød

2. (figuratively) prolonged suffering

References

• “martyrium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.