单词 | cilice |
释义 | cilice/ˈsɪlɪs /noun 1A hair shirt.The cilice mentioned in the novel is a thigh-mounted type, but i guess the original cilices were coarse hairy shirts....
1.1A spiked garter or other device worn by penitents and ascetics.His descriptions of the practice of corporal mortification is also inaccurate, as is his representation of the cilice and the discipline....
OriginLate 16th century: from French, from Latin cilicium, from Greek kilikion, from Kilikia, the Greek name for Cilicia in Asia Minor (because hair shirts were originally made of Cilician goats' hair). Rhymes |
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