Look up: sackcloth

1. sackcloth
   [n] - a garment made of coarse sacking 2. [n] - a coarse cloth resembling sacking
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2. Sackcloth
   Sack'cloth` noun Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence. « Gird you with sackcloth , and mourn before Abner.» 2 Sam. iii....
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3. sackcloth
   noun a coarse cloth resembling sacking
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4. Sackcloth
   • (n.) Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.
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5. sackcloth
   (from the article `church year`) During Lent also, grievous sinners were excluded from Communion and prepared for their restoration. As a sign of their penitence, they wore sackcloth ...
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6. Sackcloth
   Sackcloth is a coarse linen or cotton cloth used to make sacks and anciently made into garments worn while in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence.
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