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Martyrologist

Martyrologist \Mar`tyr*ol"o*gist\, n. [Cf. F. martyrologiste.] A writer of martyrology; an historian of martyrs.
--T. Warton.

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martyrologist

n. One who studies martyrology.

Usage examples of "martyrologist".

John Foxe, the Elizabethan martyrologist, recalled how she 'had so little pride of stomach, so little delight in glistering gazes of the world, in gay apparel, rich attire and precious jewels that she never looked upon those that her father left her'.