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FLAGELLANT

\flˈad͡ʒɛlənt], \flˈad‍ʒɛlənt], \f_l_ˈa_dʒ_ɛ_l_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of FLAGELLANT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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a person who whips himself as a religious penance

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a person who whips himself as a religious penance

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; - called also disciplinant.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; - called also disciplinant.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Using a whip or scourge.
One who scourges himself as a religious duty.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

n. One of a fanatical sect which arose A. D. 1260, who maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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