martyrdom
Example Sentences
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As Ralph Waldo Emerson saw it, Brown’s death on the scaffold turned him into a “new Saint awaiting his martyrdom, and who, if he shall suffer, will make the gallows glorious like the cross.”
Whatever costs—in time, money and potentially even personal liberty—these legal actions bring may be more than offset by the halo of martyrdom conferred on the defendant.
In the madrassa, he recalls mullahs - Muslim clerics - preaching heavily on a specific topic - martyrdom.
From BBC
No amount of martyrdom can save his legacy from succumbing to the rot he festered.
From Salon
"This is now where his martyrdom was established," he said, reflecting on his school.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
