Martyr

:Apart from the religious meaning, Martyr is also a metal band (see Martyr (band)).

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Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. Sometimes, it is for a different "noble cause", like patriotically dying for a nation's glory in a war (usually known under other names such as "fallen warriors"). Occurrences of such a death are known as martyrdom.

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Martyr is from martyr (earlier martys), the Greek word for "witness". During the early Roman Empire, the independent cities of Asia Minor made efforts to reward benefactors for their services, and to promote further civic generosity by means of public acclamations, eulogistic honorific decrees were addressed to the Roman authorities and read in public places before an audience. Such commendations are usually referred to in epigraphic sources as martyriai. Christians adopted the phrase for the "testimonies" of the acts and sufferings of the persecuted, who became "martyrs".

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The Martyr's Canal	Roman Virgin Martyr and Saint	St. Peter Martyr Stabbed by Hired Assassins	Tarcisius Christian Martyr 1868
Saint Petronilla Roman Martyr Sometimes Supposed to be the Daughter of St. Peter	Death of Saint Peter Martyr	Margaret or Marina of Antioch Martyr: Depicted Holding up the Cross	Polycarp Bishop of Smyrna (Izmir) Martyr
Guardians of the Galaxy #23 Group: Martyr Major Victory Cosmo Mantis and Gamora	View of the Adelaide Hotel with the Spire of St. Magnus the Martyr