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flagellant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flagellant \Flag"el*lant\, n. [L. flagellans, p. p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See {Flagellate}.] (Eccl. Hist.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flagellant n 1: a person who whips himself for sexual gratification 2: a person who whips himself as a religious penance
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