Flagellation Synonyms

flăj'ə-lā'shən

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Synonyms for Flagellation

whipping
The act of one that whips.
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tanning
The act of making fair skin brown, as by exposure to the sun
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flogging
Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.
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lashing
The act of a person or thing that lashes
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Words Related to Flagellation

exorcisms
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dionysiac
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Flagellation Sentence Examples

  • A zealot for monastic and clerical reform, he introduced a more severe discipline, including the practice of flagellation, into the house, which, under his rule, quickly attained celebrity, and became a model for other foundations.

  • Voluntary flagellation, as a form of exalted devotion, occurs in almost all religions.

  • Ritual flagellation existed among the Jews, and, according to Buxtorf (Synagoga judaica, Basel, 1603), was one of the ceremonies of the day of the Great Pardon.

  • Gradually, however, voluntary flagellation appeared in the libri poenitentiales as a very efficacious means of penance.

  • In Germany, in 1414, there was a recrudescence of the epidemic of flagellation, which then became a clearly-formulated heresy.

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