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Definition of Martial

Martial

  1. Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.
  2. Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.
  3. Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.
  4. Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars.
  5. Pertaining to, or containing, iron; chalybeate; as, martial preparations.

Martial Quotations

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.
Bruce Lee

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.
Frank Sinatra

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.
Bo Bennett

Democracies are indeed slow to make war, but once embarked upon a martial venture are equally slow to make peace and reluctant to make a tolerable, rather than a vindictive, peace.
Reinhold Niebuhr

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.
Franz Kafka
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Martial Translations

martial in Latin is bellicus, militaris -e
martial in Spanish is marcial
martial in Swedish is krigisk

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