martyrologistn.
/ˌmɑːtəˈrɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌmɑrdəˈrɑlədʒəst/ A writer or student of martyrology.
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society > faith > worship > martyrdom > [noun] > one who undergoes > history or accounts of > writer of
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1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized ii. 18 First, I shall produce that famous Martyrologist Mr. Fox, what he speaketh to this purpose in that book of his De Christo gratis justificante.
1782 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 3) V. 133 Samuel Clarke, martyrologist.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 34 The legends of the martyrologists.
1920 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 17 142 The thought of writing history was but little in the minds of theologians, and hardly more in those of martyrologists.
1971 Country Life 30 Sept. 843/3 The house dates from the 16th century and is said to be associated with John Foxe, the martyrologist.
1983 Notes & Queries Feb. 17/2 The English martyrologist saw a text very similar to that in the Zurich manuscript.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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