megalomartyr Eccl. Hist.
(mɛgələʊˈmɑːtə(r))
[a. late Gr. µεγαλόµαρτυρ: cf. megalo- and martyr.]
(See quot. 1756.)
| 1756 A. Butler Lives Saints 7 Feb. (1821) II. 90 Among those holy martyrs whom the Greeks honour with the title of Megalomartyrs (i.e. great martyrs) as St. George, St. Pantaleon, &c. 1840 I. Taylor Anc. Chr. (1842) II. 186 The ‘Megalomartyrs’ or Dii Selecti. |