Converse of object

• commemorate: The Becket window, in the Lucy Chapel of the Cathedral commemorates the martyrdom of Thomas of Canterbury.

• suffer: He suffered martyrdom about the year 155 by being burnt to death in the city stadium.

• endure: For upwards of three years I have endured a perfect martyrdom.

• seek: In her childhood she had sought martyrdom for the sake of reward.

• face: There are those who would face martyrdom for it.

• mean: I shall point out, yet again, that this does not mean martyrdom.

Preposition: at

• hand: He suffered martyrdom at the hands of his enemies in 1623.

Adjective modifier

• glorious: Go on, the dagger's point may glare Amid thy pathway's gloom; The fate which sternly threatens there Is glorious martyrdom!

• own: Ignatius ' Letter to the Romans ( 105 - 115 CE ) This letter compares Ignatius ' own upcoming martyrdom to that of Jesus.

• heroic: And a promise to the Catholic girls of a heroic martyrdom in defense of our religion, besieged by evil forces.

• long: I have had to suffer my long martyrdom, Without complaining, without sighs.

Modifies a noun

• operation: Further reading on the Islamic ' martyrdom operations ' : Suicide bombers?

• video: One even stops in the middle of his martyrdom video to remind his mother about shopping lists.

Possessives

• polycarp: So did Polycarp's martyrdom really follow the detailed story of Jesus so closely?

Preposition: of

• polycarp: Among such letters surviving is one about the martyrdom of Polycarp in 167 AD.

• saint: The theme for the Steeple Aston cope is the martyrdom of the saints.

• man: A number of scholars contend that Luke presents Jesus' passion as the martyrdom of a just man 10.

• apostle: The Martyrs Just how good is the evidence for the martyrdom of the apostles?

• priest: A brief history of the glorious martyrdom of twelve reverend priests; Father Edmund Campion and his companions.