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Of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war, or to the planet bearing his name; martial.

y having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also marten.]

The martin.

A species of tinamou (Calopezus elegans), having a long slender crest.

The principles or practices of a martinet; rigid adherence to discipline, etc.

ng stake; also, the sum so risked; -- metaphorically derived from the bifurcation of the martingale of a harness. [Cant] Thackeray.

The feast of St. Martin, the eleventh of November; -- often called martlemans. Martinmas summer, a period of calm, warm weather often experienced about the time of Martinmas; Indian summer. Percy Smith.

Iron sesquioxide in isometric form, probably a pseudomorph after magnetite.

See Martinmas. [Obs.]

The European house martin.

he gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr. Chaucer. To be a martyr, signifies only to witness the truth of Christ; but the witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with persecution, that martyrdom now signifies not only to witness, but to witness by de…

The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause. Bacon. I came from martyrdom unto this peace. Longfellow.

Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture. B. Jonson.

To make a martyr of. Spenser.

In the manner of a martyr.

A martyrology. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.

A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs. T. Warton.

A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Martyrdom. [R.] Fuller.