What's the difference between anniversaries and martyrology?

Anniversaries


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Anniversary

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  • (1) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stood among the graves on 4 August last year in a moving ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of war.
  • (2) The supporters – many of them wearing Hamas green headbands and carrying Hamas flags – packed the open-air venue in rain and strong winds to celebrate the Islamist organisation's 25th anniversary and what it regards as a victory in last month's eight-day war with Israel.
  • (3) On the first anniversary of Peach's death I took part in my first ever demonstration where we chanted the names of the six SPG officers who were said to have been hitting people with batons on the street where Peach died.
  • (4) By way of encouragement we've got 10 copies of Faber's smart new anniversary edition to give away.
  • (5) Amid Republican disarray, Democrats on Wednesday marked the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act on the East Steps of the Capitol.
  • (6) In 1990 we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the nurse practitioner (NP) movement.
  • (7) As the last two people executed in Britain, the macabre anniversary of their deaths at Strangeways prison in Manchester and Walton prison in Liverpool is generating more publicity than their crime and punishment ever did at the time.
  • (8) I say ‘fuck sorry.’” Rudd, who addressed a breakfast in Sydney to mark the anniversary, said words must be followed up with actions.
  • (9) There was a certain amount of atmosphere too, thanks mostly to the West Ham fans keeping up a persistent din and celebrating the 15th anniversary of Roy Keane’s prawn sandwich remarks by noting the reserve of the home support.
  • (10) On the milestone 25th anniversary, Tiananmen is more important than ever.
  • (11) Were a second general election held on Thursday – the first anniversary of Theresa May’s appointment as prime minister – Corbyn’s chances would be excellent.
  • (12) The country’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, was due to visit Chibok for the anniversary, said Yakubu Nkeki, the leader of a support group of parents of the kidnapped girls.
  • (13) Saturday 29 May marked the 40th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act.
  • (14) Prime minister Lee Hsien Loong called the snap election more than a year early in the hope of riding a wave of national pride following the country’s recent 50th anniversary.
  • (15) NWR may be celebrating its ruby anniversary but will an organisation born to alleviate the lot of the housewife survive to drink to its golden when, politically and personally, she is apparently dead and buried?
  • (16) The official guest list for Friday’s anniversary event included senior government, party and military officials, but not Kim, whose weight gain in recent months has been blamed on a liking for rich food and attempts to strengthen his physical resemblance to his grandfather and North Korea’s founder, Kim Il-sung.
  • (17) A flypast of second world war aircraft has taken place over London to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
  • (18) BBC1 will also screen a three-part adaptation of PD James' Death Comes to Pemberley, the Jane Austen homage in the 200th anniversary year of Pride and Prejudice, as well as a three-part adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn and Remember Me, a ghost story by Gwyneth Hughes (Five Days, The Girl).
  • (19) This anniversary offers the opportunity to the authors to recall that it is most desirable, before operating, that theoretical modifications of the size of retinian pictures should be considered, according to the selected compensatory method, especially in the case of anisometropia or unilateral aphakia.
  • (20) Almost 300 survivors of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camps at Auschwitz gather on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of their liberation, in what for many will be the last such commemoration.

Martyrology


Definition:

  • (n.) A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs.

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