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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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