RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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a person who is willing to die for his or her belief
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an organization with different levels of authority
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official church teaching
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church officials
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Detailed explanation-1: -martyr. 1 of 2 noun. mar·tyr ˈmärt-ər. : a person who suffers death rather than give up his or her religion. : one who sacrifices life or something of great value for a principle or cause.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -A martyr is also someone who chooses to be put to death rather than renounce his or her religious beliefs, as the story of Saint Stephen tells. In the figurative sense, if you are a martyr to headaches, you suffer from them.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Christianity, a martyr is a person considered to have died because of their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. In years of the early church, stories depict this often occurring through death by sawing, stoning, crucifixion, burning at the stake or other forms of torture and capital punishment.