单词 | martyrion |
释义 | martyrionn. A shrine, oratory, or church built in memory of a martyr; a building marking the place of a martyrdom or the site of a martyr's relics. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > shrine > [noun] > of saint > martyr or confessor martyrion1651 martyry1711 confessio1830 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum ii. 81 At their Memorials and Martyria, that is to say, at the places wherein their bodies were laid, prayers were ordinarily offered up. 1711 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ III. viii. i. 110 Why some Churches called Martyria... Such [churches] as were built over the Grave of any Martyr, or called by his Name to preserve the Memory of him, had usually the distinguishing title of Martyrium, or Confessio, or Memoria given them. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 553/1 The name ‘martyrium’ (μαρτύριον)..at first meant the church built over a martyr's remains. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 July 584/1 The second is the largest church at Korykos and perhaps a ‘martyrion’. 1960 Antiquity 24 131 In the course of the 4th century a Christian cemetery grew up round this martyrion. 1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Nov. 1267/1 Those of Syria and Mesopotamia were largely intended as cathedrals (rather than ‘martyria’). 1999 Church Times 1 Apr. 12/3 This basilica, known as the Martyrion (the Testimony or the Witness) was dedicated on 17 September 335. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651 |
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