1theol.to martyr, torture and kill someone because of their faith:
(
c.1213;
MS: s.xivin
)
E lur [seinz] cors jurent meint jur En cele cité enterrez U il furent martyrizez
864
(
s.xiii4/4;
MS: 1307-15
)
Seint Thomas fu martyrezé en sa eglise demeine a Cantorbire
222
(
s.xiiiex;
MS: c.1300?
)
Puis vindrent a seint Edmund si l'unt martyrizé
194
♦
to slaughter, massacre:
(
s.xiii1/3;
MS: s.xivin
)
Ohi! Mult grant vengement Deu feseit de cele gent; Enpur lur ancien peché Esteient si martyrizé
4282
[martiriser] (c.1213)