Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: marriage – martyr
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marriage, n. [Fr.] (webplay: church, son, wedlock).
- Union between a man and a woman in a procreative relationship with a covenant of fidelity.
- Covenant relationship between Christ and His followers.
marrow (-s), n. [OE.]
- Substance or essence in bones.
- [Fig.] life-giving substance, essence or heart of something.
- [Fig.] pollen in flowers.
marrowless, adj. [see marrow, n.]
Having an absence of substance or heart; lack of courage.
marry (married), v. [Fr.]
- Unite in wedlock or marriage.
- [Fig.] join together or unite two or more things so they become one.
Mars, proper n. [L. 'God of war'.]
Fourth planet from the sun; Roman god of war; deity over agriculture, livestock, and battle; son of Jupiter and Juno; [fig.] celestial body personified.
marshal (-led, -ling), v. [OFr.]
Gather and arrange in a force to perform an action.
marshalling (-s), n. [see marshal, v.]
Organized gathering.
martial, adj. [F. < L. martialis, belonging to Mars.] (webplay: armies, battle, bravest, God, Nature's, war).
War-like; having to do with the military.
martyr, adj. [see martyr, n.] (webplay: suffering).
Suffering; persecuted; oppressed; misunderstood; unappreciated; self-sacrificing.
martyr (-s), n. [L. < Gk 'witness'.]
- Sufferer for a cause; one who bears witness to truth by dying for it; person who gives up their life for a belief; someone who is killed for testifying of the gospel, such as Jesus Christ, Stephen, and other Christians (see Acts 6:8-8:1).
- Phrase. “martyrs albums”: hagiography; [genitive] martyrs' albums; book about martyrs in the Protestant tradition (see John Foxe's 1543 Book of Martyrs); book about saints in the Catholic tradition; records about people who suffered death because of their faith.