martyrology

UK: /ˌmɑːtəˈrɒlədʒɪ/ US: (mär′tə rol′ə jē)

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mar•tyr•ol•o•gy  (mär′tə rol′ə jē), n., pl. -gies. 

1. Religion the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
2. Religion a history of martyrs.
3. Religion such histories collectively.
4. Religion a list of martyrs.

• Late Greek martyrológion. See martyr, -o-, -logy
• Medieval Latin martyrologium history of martyrs
• 1590–1600;

mar•tyr•o•log•i•cal  (mär′tər ə loj′i kəl), mar′tyr•o•log′ic, adj.  mar′tyr•ol′o•gist, n. 

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martyrology / ˌmɑːtəˈrɒlədʒɪ/ noun ( -gies)

1. an official list of martyrs
2. the study of the lives of the martyrs
3. a historical account of the lives of martyrs

ˌmartyrˈologist noun