WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -A martyr (Greek: , mártys, “witness", or , marturia, stem -, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion. : a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle. a martyr to the cause of freedom. 3. : victim.

Detailed explanation-3: -Someone who suffers, or is even killed, for his or her political or religious beliefs is called a martyr. Martin Luther King Jr. is often called a martyr in connection with the American civil rights movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -martyr, one who voluntarily suffers death rather than deny their religion by words or deeds; such action is afforded special, institutionalized recognition in most major religions of the world. The term may also refer to anyone who sacrifices their life or something of great value for the sake of principle.