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flagelle
▪ I. † flagelle, n. Obs. [ad. L. flagellum dim. of flagrum scourge.] A scourge.c 1430 Lydg. Bochas i. (1544) 15 a, Their olde offences to punishe..As a flagell. c 1430 ― Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 146 Thu must of righte yeve hym is penaunce, With this flagelle of equite and resoun.▪ II. † flagelle, v. ...
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flagellant
flagellant, n. and a. (fləˈdʒɛlənt, ˈflædʒələnt) [ad. L. flagellant-em, pr. pple. of flagellāre to whip, f. flagellum: see flagelle n.] A. n. 1. One who scourges himself by way of religious discipline or penance; esp. one of a sect of fanatics (L. flagellantes) that arose in the 13th c. Usually pl.1...
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flagellate
▪ I. flagellate, pa. pple. rare. (ˈflædʒəleɪt) [ad. L. flagellāt-us, pa. pple. of flagellā-re to whip.] Flagellated, scourged.1876 J. Ellis Cæsar in Egypt 145 Christ..was one time bound, With scorn assail'd, and flagellate with thongs.▪ II. flagellate, a. and n. (ˈflædʒələt) [f. flagell-um + -ate2.]...
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penance
▪ I. penance, n. (ˈpɛnəns) Forms: 3–7 penaunce, (4 penaunse, -ans, -anz, -anx, -once, panance), 4–6 pennaunce, (-ans), 4–8 pennance, (5 penawnce, -awunse, panans, 6 panence, pennence, -ens, pænance), 3– penance. [a. OF. peneance, -aance, -ance, pennance (12th c. in Godef.):—L. pænitēntia, f. pænitēn...
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