protomartyr
Noun
Meaning
The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Then I chose a new Protomartyr song, “Uncle Mother’s,” and asked him to carry out the tricky job of dissecting his own writing.
"Relatives in Descent" is the latest album by the punk rock band Protomartyr, and it's a melancholic doozy.
He has been a priest and pastor for almost twenty-five years and is currently pastor of St. Stephen the Protomartyr Orthodox Church (ACROD) in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.