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flagellant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | masochist |
| Derivation | flagellate |
flagellant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | penitent |
| Derivation | flagellate |
Examples of flagellant
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Our man is just down from the Alps, where he lived and worked with a knot of flagellant priests.
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He is also a serious flagellant, whipping his thighs in mortification to suppress sexual urges.
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Flagellant lay groups clogged the streets, seeking bloody identification with the flayed Christ.
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Instead of bandaging them, he let the blood drip all over his clothes like a Middle Age flagellant.
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However, some former flagellant confraternities were converted towards physically more gentle forms of devotion.
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The final impression is that the show belongs to the flagellant school of contemporary American selfcriticism.
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In addition, the flagellant movement was foreign to Sweden, and large-scale witch persecutions only began in the 15th century.
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David Morden's hilarious turns as the pope and a flagellant who whips himself lifelessly, were so well-drawn and ludicrous that you couldn't wait for him to appear on stage.
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Nearby is Chimayo, the Lourdes of America, supposedly a scene of miracles and also a brotherhood of flagellant penitents who have their own slant on the meaning of existence.
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- A person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
- Flagellants are practitioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments.
- One who practices flagellating oneself, either for penance; A member of a religious order that preaches self-mortification as a means of absolution
- (FLAGELLANTS) People who whip or scourge themselves or one another as an act of penance or atonement for sin. On Good Friday (the Friday before Easter), some countries have processions of flagellants who whip themselves or one another.
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