different between martyrium vs martyrism

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.

English

Etymology

martyr +? -ism

Noun

martyrism (uncountable)

1. The act of being a martyr; self-sacrifice.
2. Putting on a show of suffering or ill-treatment.