flagellantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflædʒ.əl.ənt/us/ˈflædʒ.əl.ənt/formalsomeone who whips himself or herself or someone else for religious reasons
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Religious people: monks & nuns
- abbess
- abbey
- abbot
- anchorite
- ascetic
- benedictine
- Franciscan
- friar
- friary
- habit
- hermit
- lay brother/sister
- monk
- mother
- novice
- nun
- nunnery
- sister
- Trappist monk
- veil
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Examples from literature
- Every country had its wandering hordes of flagellants and penitents, its crusaders and its pilgrims.
- It is poised, silent, sure, and the flagellants, like the dervishes, are noticeable by their absence.
- The day for fanatics and dippy, dotty flagellants is past.
- The same thing applies to the flagellants of the declining Middle Ages, and some Protestant sects of modernity.