"martyrdom" is a correct and usable English word
You can use it to refer to a state of being in which a person is willing to suffer for a belief or cause, often to the point of death. For example, "The martyrdom of the leader of the protest movement inspired many people to join the cause."
There is such a strong strain of heroic martyrdom running through the game these days that Test cricket is beginning to rival the Bible for spectacles of individual suffering and sacrifice.
Indeed, his status there seems to have risen beyond heroism into something more like martyrdom, and now he's got his dream move to Barcelona.
But I was also watching with great admiration the rise of Jabhat al-Nusra and was totally impressed by their martyrdom operations.
David's painting crushes such ambiguities with one of art's great images of secular martyrdom.
She was Lord Mayor of London," said the senior dame, inviting us to reflect, perhaps for the first time, on the unsung martyrdom that is lord mayoral service.
Meshaal's spokesman in Qatar, Hussam Badran, praised the pair on his Twitter account: "The martyrdom of Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Aisha came after a long life full of jihad sacrifice and giving.
"After I witnessed the mistakes made, I turned to fighting in the city before once again registering for a martyrdom operation, a decision that would bring me to the large yet modest city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province".
"With my martyrdom operation drawing closer, I want to tell you my story," he wrote in the 4,300-word 4,300-wordin January.
Both Negroes and their white sympathisers in Selma, Alabama, have suffered bitterly this week, yet it is hard to say whether their martyrdom has been worth it.
Over the past week he has also cloaked himself in martyrdom with rousing speeches about the persecution of the pious by Turkey's erstwhile secular rulers.
The PA formally denied Israeli reports this week that the chairman was contemplating ending his effective house-arrest in Ramallah by resigning or voluntarily going back into exile in Tunisia.Mr Arafat has pledged "martyrdom in my steadfastness for Jerusalem", while desperately seeking support from where he can get it.
