martyr; witness; one who by his death bears witness to the truth of Christ
Latin word, found 11 times in the texts on Socratos.
Jerome, Epistolae 7.6: … virgines prophetissae, geminus Samuhel nutritus in templo! O tecta felicia, in quibus cernimus Macchabaeorum martyrum coronis cinctam martyrem matrem! Nam licet cotidie Christum confiteamini, dum eius praecepta servatis, tamen …
All forms of martyr