Sentence example with the word 'flagellation'

flagellation

abstinence, bastinado, buffeting, cowhiding, flailing, lacing, monachism, penitential act, puritanism, scourging, stripes, truncheoning

Definition n. beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation

Last update: October 7, 2015


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Flagellation is a kind of self inflicted punishment.   [Please select]

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A zealot for monastic and clerical reform, he introduced a more severe discipline, including the practice of flagellation, into the house, which, under his rule, quickly attained celebrity, and became a model for other foundations.   [Please select]

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The Flagellation of our Lord _Ditto_.   [Please select]

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Finally, we must behold: imprisonment by the authorities; the third degree and flagellation.   [Please select]

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He ranked Domenichino next to Raffaelle for this quality, and not long after his arrival at Rome, he set about copying the Flagellation of St.   [Please select]

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They mortified the flesh by fasting and cruel penance, drawing blood from their bodies by flagellation or by piercing themselves with the thorns of the aloe.   [Please select]

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