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megalomartyr Eccl. Hist.|mɛgələʊˈmɑːtə(r)|
[a. late Gr. µεγαλόµαρτυρ: cf. megalo- and martyr.]
(See quot. 1756.)
1756A. Butler Lives Saints 7 Feb. (1821) II. 90 Among those holy martyrs whom the Greeks honour with the title of Megalomartyrs (i.e. great martyrs) as St. George, St. Pantaleon, &c. 1840I. Taylor Anc. Chr. (1842) II. 186 The ‘Megalomartyrs’ or Dii Selecti. |