martyrology (marteroloji)

[= F. mar tyrologe = Sp. martirologio = Pg. martyrologio = It. martirologio, The martyrology which was embroidered on the cope of the ecclesiastic, or which in layed the binding of his misC. T. Newton, Art and Archæol., p. 24. sal. 2. Pl. martyrologies (-jiz). A book containing such history; specifically, in the Rom. Cath. Ch., a list or calendar of martyrs, arranged according to the succe ion of their anniversaries, and including brief accounts of their lives and sufferings. It is Saint Thomas, represented, as in the martyrologies , with the instrument of his death. Walpole , Anecdotes of Painting, I. iii.