suffer, endure - undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom" suffer, meet - undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate" feel - undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"; "her fingers felt their ...
Mr. Holmes. I would do it again. Deeply as I have sinned, I have led a life of martyrdom to atone for it. But that my girl should be entangled in the same meshes which held me was more than I could suffer. I struck him down with no more compunction than if he had been some f...
martyrdom 1.the condition of being a martyr. 2.the death or type of suffering of a particular martyr. 3.any arduous suffering or torment. martyrologe Obsolete,a list, register or book of martyrs. Mazdaism the worship of Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism as the source of all light and good....
Now, after he had won the crown of martyrdom (though with no longer a head to wear it on), the point might be looked upon as settled. Finally, little heroic as he was, it seemed more decorous to be overthrown in the downfall of the party with which he had been content to stand, ...
Her fame only increased after her martyrdom, and even after her grisly execution, rumours she was still alive were circulated by several people, including her own brothers, for notoriety and for the elaborate gifts procured from those bewildered by the miracle. Nonetheless, once the war drew to...
This Christmastide, I’ve been re-reading Charles Williams’ “supernatural thriller,”War in Heaven, in which several malevolent individuals invoke demonic forces, not only to gain power but also for the perverse pleasure of destroying whatever is true and good. Their chief nemesis is an Anglica...
In Georgia, the fifth century was marked by the appearance of original hagiographic writings, such as Iakov Tsurtaveli’s The Martyrdom of Shushanika and the anonymous Life of Nina of Cappadocia. The age of feudalism gave birth to the rich poetic culture of the Tadzhiks. As a result of ...
Martyrdom will take place. Are you ready to die for Jesus? Do not deny Him. Do you die daily? If not, you are not ready. The Noahide Laws accepted into law in many countries including the USAcall for the execution by beheading of those 'they say are blasphemous idolaters'. They hate...
The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas. In The Acts of Christian Martyrs 106–131. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1972. Google Scholar Neel, C. The Origins of the Beguines. In J.M. Bennett, E.A. Clark, J.F. O’Barr, B.A. Vilen, & S. Westphal-Wihl (Eds.) Sisters and Workers...
includes a description of a series of gruesome martyrdoms suffered by members of the Maccabees. There was a medieval Christian allegorical procession, called achorea maccabaeorum("dance of the Maccabees") in Latin, that may have included a reenactment of these horrors, and the literary and ...