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cilice|ˈsɪlɪs|
[OE. cilic, ad. L. cilicium:—Gr. κιλίκιον, a coarse cloth orig. made of Cilician goat's hair, f. κιλικία Cilicia. In mod.Eng., a. F. cilice, or taken anew from Latin.]
Hair-cloth; a rough garment made of hair-cloth, generally worn as a penitential robe. Also attrib.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xi. 21 In cilic & in asca hreow⁓nisse dydon. 1599Life Sir T. More in Wordsworth Eccl. Biog. (1853) II. 53 In his youth or tender years he used to weare a cilice or hair-shirt. c1610Female Saints (E.E.T.S.) 186 After that she had layd the childe on her hayre cloth or cilice..she restored the infant whole to the mother. 1794Mrs. Piozzi Synon. II. 250 Nuns of some religious orders wear a hair cloth or cilice next their skin. 1812Southey Omniana II. 277 A cilice bandage across the eyes. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. ii. i, Monks..with their shaven crowns, hair-cilices, and vows of poverty. |