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Martyr
Martyr (-ris, m.) est homo pro fide occisus.
Initialis significatio verbi martyris est notio propria christiana, quae tempore persecutionis Romanae orta est et ad eos spectabat, qui usque ad mortem testimonium pro Christo tulerunt (Graece: μάρτυς testis et μαρτύριον testimonium). Sensu latiore verbum martyr paulatim transferebatur in omnes, qui pro quolibet animi iudicio sive fide religiosa (praesertim Musulmani) sive iniuriae resistendae vel finis consequendi causa vitas dediderunt. Mors martyris pro fide "martyrium" vocatur.
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