martyrology
Noun
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Noun
martyrology (plural martyrologies)
- (Roman Catholicism) A catalogue or list of martyrs (or, more precisely, of saints), arranged in the order of their anniversaries.
- (Judaism) The story of the deaths of several famous Rabbis (including Rabbi Akiva) by Romans, read both on Yom Kippur and Tisha b'Av.
- Synaxarium
- French: martyrologie
- German: Martyrologium
- Italian: martirologio
- Portuguese: martirológio
- Russian: мартироло́г
- Spanish: martirologio
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