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sackcloth |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sackcloth \Sack"cloth`\ (?; 115), n. Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence. Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. --2 Sam. iii. 31. Thus with sackcloth I invest my woe. --Sandys. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sackcloth n 1: a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an indication of remorse 2: a coarse cloth resembling sacking From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Sackcloth cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen. 37:34; 42:25; 2 Sam. 3:31; Esther 4:1, 2; Ps 30:11, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (Matt. 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8).
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