- flagellantism
- flag·el·lan·tism (flajґə-lən-tiz″əm) a type of sadomasochism characterized by the practice of whipping or being whipped for sexual arousal or gratification.
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flagellantism
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flagellantism — noun see flagellant … New Collegiate Dictionary
flagellantism — See flagellant. * * * … Universalium
flagellantism — flag·el·lant·ism … English syllables
flagellantism — noun see flagellant I * * * flagˈellantism noun • • • Main Entry: ↑flagellum … Useful english dictionary
flagellant — flagellantism, n. /flaj euh leuhnt, fleuh jel euhnt/, n. 1. a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline. 2. a person who derives sexual pleasure from whipping or being whipped by another person. 3. (often… … Universalium
flagellant — noun Date: circa 1587 1. a person who scourges himself or herself as a public penance 2. a person who responds sexually to being beaten by or to beating another person • flagellant adjective • flagellantism noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Penance — is repentance of sins as well as the proper name of the Catholic and Orthodox Christian Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation/Confession. The word penance derives from Old French and Latin poenitentia , both of which derive from the same root… … Wikipedia
Flagellant — Flagellants are practitioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments. History Flagellantism was a 13th century and 14th century radical Christian movement. It began as a militant pilgrimage… … Wikipedia
flagellation — noun a) A beating consisting in lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as (in principle implement precise) a whipping or scourging. b) (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement. See Also … Wiktionary
asceticism — n self denial, self abnegation, self mortification; mortification of the flesh, self punishment, self torment, self laceration, flagellation, scourging, flagellantism; abstinence, fasting, penance, sackcloth and ashes, monasticism, self… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
