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self-scourging
self-scourging n.
Brit. 
/ˌsɛlfˈskəːdʒɪŋ/
, /ˌsɛlfˈskəːdʒɪŋ/U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈskərdʒɪŋ/
/ˌsɛlfˈskərdʒɪŋ/ΚΠ
a1663 D. Dickson Therapeutica Sacra (1664) i. iv. 55 Superstitious men..who, for pacifying of Gods wrath, have appointed pennances, and pilgrimages, and self-scourgings.
1847 Boston Investigator 17 Nov. A custom of self-scourging which was yearly practised by the monks.
2013 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 16 June 46 A Christian fanatic practising self-scourging in her suburban house.
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- be honest
- be hopping
- be hot for
- be hung higher than gilderoy's kite
- be hung on in the hedge
- be hung on the hedge
- be ideally suited
- be ill served
- be ill set
- be in a bad row of stumps
- be in a fair way of
- be in a fair way to
- be in a fair way to do something
- be in a fidge
- be in a hat
- be in a low key
- be in a management
- be in a miff
- be in a mind
- be in a month's mind
- be in a mood
- be in a muck
- be in a nonplus
- be in a person's beard
- be in a person's black books