martyr ship (martership)

[ These. now will willingly allow martyr ship to those before. Fuller , General Worthies, iii. from whom they wholly withheld, or grudgingly gave it martyry (mär'ter-i), n. [ The oratory or altar erected over the tomb of a martyr was anciently denominated either a martyry , from the Greek μαρτύριον, 'confe ion,'. or memorial, because built to do honour to his memory. Rock , Hierurgia, p. 279. marum (ma'rum), n. A variant of marram . marvailt, etc. See marvel , etc.