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flagellant | (n) a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification |
flagellant | (n) a person who whips himself as a religious penance |
Flagellant | n. [ L. flagellans, p. p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also |