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flagellant (iou)



flagellant noun & adjective. L16.
[Latin flagellant- pres. ppl stem of flagellare to whip, from FLAGELLUM: see -ANT1.]
A. noun.
A person who scourges himself or herself as a religious discipline or penance; esp. a member of one of the bands of such people common in Europe in the 13th cent. and later. Usu. in pl. L16.
gen. A person who flagellates (himself or herself, or others) from cruelty, for sexual gratification, etc. L18.
b. adjective. Given to flagellation, flagellating. L19.
flagellantism noun M19.