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flagellant noun[ C ] formaluk /ˈflædʒ.əl.ənt/ us /ˈflædʒ.əl.ənt/ someone who whips himself or herself or someone else for religious reasons自笞者;鞭笞者 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Religious people: monks & nuns abbess abbey abbot anchorite ascetic benedictine friar friary habit hermit lay brother lay sister monastically monasticism monk mother novice priory Trappist monk veil
Every country had its wandering hordes of flagellants and penitents, its crusaders and its pilgrims. It is poised, silent, sure, and the flagellants, like the dervishes, are noticeable by their absence. The same thing applies to the flagellants of the declining Middle Ages, and some Protestant sects of modernity. |