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Definition of Protomartyr
1. n. The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
Definition of Protomartyr
1. Noun. Any of the first Christian martyrs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protomartyr
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Protomartyr
Literary usage of Protomartyr
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(8) St. Alban, protomartyr of England, d. 304. In the time of Constantino the
Great a magnificent church was erected on the place of his martyrdom, ..."
2. The Spanish Settlements Within the Present Limits of the United States, 1513 by Woodbury Lowery (1901)
"CHAPTER II FRAY JUAN DE PADILLA, protomartyr, AND HIS COMPANIONS IN the period
of a little over half a century, extending from the discovery of Florida in ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The glorious martyrs are then invoked: Stephen the Deacon, protomartyr, stoned
at Jerusalem whilst praying for his executioners (Acts, vii, 58); Laurence, ..."
4. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"ALBAN, protomartyr OF BRITAIN. From Bede, Usher's Collections, &c., his Ancient
Life, and the English- Saxon abstract of it, in Bibl. Cotton. Julius, A. z. ..."
5. The Book of the Church by Robert Southey (1848)
"John Rogers, the protomartyr in the Marian persecution, and at that time a
Prebendary of St. Paul's, had formerly been Chaplain to the English merchants at ..."
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