engelska-eesti översättning av martyr

märterSiiski sai Delara Darabist usufanatismi järjekordne märter nagu nii paljudest teistestki, kelle hukkamistest me oleme siin täiskogul teatanud. Delara Darabi is yet another martyr of religious fanaticism, like so many others whose execution we have denounced in this House.

One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom
One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause
To make someone into a '''martyr''by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession
To torment; to torture

Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr
Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stans endless moaning about it
Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser

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