martyrdom

Word family

DIESUFFERdeath as a martyr 殉难；殉道，殉教

In that year, thousands of Christians suffered martyrdom for their faith.

那一年，成千上万名基督徒为他们的信仰而殉难。

Examples from the Corpus

martyrdom• Near the end of his life, Young, fearing martyrdom, started going out in public only with armed escort.• Intensely painted scenes depict the gruesome martyrdom of countless saints.• They believe in martyrdom, and forbid members to have one-to-one meetings with their lawyers in jail.• His deterioration through Alzheimer's Disease with its abundant frustrations had long been for him a physical and mental martyrdom.• Its boasts about fanatical recruits lining up for paradise through the martyrdom of suicide-bombing may be bluster.• Other forms of holiness - that of the virgin and the ascetic - were assimilated to martyrdom.

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BNC: 19548 COCA: 14662

martyrdom