Definition of martyrs

"martyrs" in the noun sense

1. martyr, sufferer

one who suffers for the sake of principle

2. martyr

one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

"martyrs" in the verb sense

1. martyr

kill as a martyr

"Saint Sebastian was martyred"

2. martyr, martyrize, martyrise

torture and torment like a martyr

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Quotations for martyrs

Soldiers are martyrs to ambition. [ Proverb ]

No religion but can boast of its martyrs. [ Proverb ]

No faith has triumphed without its martyrs. [ E. de Girardin ]

Virtue has many preachers, but few martyrs. [ Helvetius ]

Assassination makes only martyrs, not converts. [ Lamartine ]

Authors are martyrs, witnesses to the truth, or else nothing. [ Carlyle ]

The commandments have made as many good martyrs as the creed. [ Proverb ]

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the church, counted its martyrs by thousands. [ James A. Garfield ]

Paradise is open to all kind hearts. God welcomes whoever has dried tears, either under the crown of the martyrs, or under wreaths of flowers. [ Beranger ]

It has become a settled principle that nothing which is good and true can be destroyed by persecution, but that the effect ultimately is to establish more firmly, and to spread more widely, that which it was designed to overthrow. It has long since passed into a proverb that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. [ Albert Barnes ]

Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs, are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this way, requires a great knowledge of character, with that exquisite tact which feels unerringly the right moment when to act. A discreet rapidity must pervade all the movements of his thought and action. He must be singularly free from vanity, and is generally found to be an enthusiast who has the art to conceal his enthusiasm. [ Helps ]

martyrs in Scrabble®

The word martyrs is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters martyrs:

MARTYRS
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martyrs in Words With Friends™

The word martyrs is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters martyrs:

MARTYRS
(101 = 66 + 35)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In martyrs

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Words within the letters of martyrs

2 letter words in martyrs (9 words)

3 letter words in martyrs (19 words)

5 letter words in martyrs (9 words)

6 letter words in martyrs (3 words)

7 letter words in martyrs (1 word)

Words containing the sequence martyrs

Words that start with martyrs (2 words)

Words with martyrs in them (1 word)

Words that end with martyrs (1 word)

Word Growth involving martyrs

Shorter words in martyrs

ar art arty martyr

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ma mar mart martyr

Longer words containing martyrs

martyrship