great martyr

English

Alternative forms

greatmartyr

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek μεγαλομάρτυς (megalomártus).

Noun

great martyr (plural great martyrs)

(Eastern Orthodoxy) A saint who was martyred after suffering great torture.
Synonym: megalomartyr

Derived terms

great martyress

Translations

a saint who was martyred after suffering great torture

Belarusian: велікаму́чанік m (vjelikamúčanik), велікамучаніца f (vjelikamučanica)
Bulgarian: великомъченик m (velikomǎčenik), великомъченица f (velikomǎčenica)
Catalan: megalomàrtir m or f
Czech: velkomučedník m, velkomučednice f
Dutch: grootmartelaar m, grootmartelares f
Estonian: suurmärter
Finnish: suurmarttyyri (fi)
French: mégalomartyr (fr) m, mégalomartyre (fr) f
Georgian: დიდმოწამე (didmoc̣ame)
German: Großmärtyrer m, Großmärtyrerin f, Megalomärtyrer m, Megalomärtyrerin f
Greek: μεγαλομάρτυρας (el) m or f (megalomártyras)
Italian: megalomartire m or f
Latin: megalomartyr m or f
Macedonian: великомаченик m (velikomačenik), великомаченица f (velikomačenica)
Portuguese: megalomártir m or f
Romanian: mare mucenic m, mare muceniță f
Russian: великомученик (ru) m (velikomučenik), великомученица (ru) f (velikomučenica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: великомученик m, великомученица f
Slovak: veľkomučeník m, veľkomučenica f
Spanish: megalomártir m or f
Ukrainian: великомученик m (velykomučenyk), великомучениця f (velykomučenycja)

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