Look up: Flagellant


  1. flagellant
    [n] - a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification 2. [n] - a person who whips himself as a religious penance
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  2. flagellant
    Religious person who uses a whip on him- or herself as a means of penance. Flagellation was practised in many religions from ancient times; notable outbreaks of this type of extremist devotion...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Flagellant
    Flag'el·lant noun [ Latin flagellans , past participle of flagellare : confer French flagellant . See Flagellate .] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/37

  4. flagellant
    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. ... Synonym: disciplinant. ... Origin: L. Flagellans, p.p. Of flagellare: cf.F. Flagellant. See Flagellate. ... Source: Websters Dic...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?flagellant

  5. Flagellant
    • (n.) 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 disciplinant.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/flagellant/

  6. flagellant
    1) Masochist
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/flagellant/1

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