Cilice
ahd-5
noun.
A coarse cloth; haircloth.
noun.
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noun.
A hair shirt.
noun.
Any of various other garments or items worn as a form of corporal mortification.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Same as
cilicium
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A kind of haircloth undergarment.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
hairshirt
.
noun.
A
leather
strap
studded
with
metallic
barbs
that cut into
flesh
as a constant
reminder
of
Christ
's
suffering
.
Word Usage
"It's probably under the literary radar around here I hope, but "cilice" has gotten quite some use lately in The Da Vinci Code."
Same Context
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