a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
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flagellants
Latin flagellant- "whipping", from the verb flagellare, from flagellum "whip"...
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practitioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments. Flagellantism was a 13th and 14th centuries movement, consisting of radicals in the Catholic Church. It began as a militant pilgrimage and was... (40 of 1460 words, 3 images)
a person who whips himself or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification | [often capital] (in medieval Europe) a member ... (25 of 326 words, 2 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciations)
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a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline. | a person who derives sexual pleasure from whipping or being ... (22 of 63 words, 5 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
One who whips, especially one who scourges oneself for religious discipline or public penance. | One who seeks sexual gratification in beating or ... (22 of 49 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a person who scourges himself or herself as a public penance | a person who responds sexually to being beaten by or to beating another person (25 of 45 words, 2 definitions, pronunciations)
a person who subjects themselves or others to flogging, either as a religious discipline or for sexual gratification (18 of 39 words, pronunciation)
a person who engages in or submits to flagellation | engaging in flagellation (12 of 26 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
One who practices flagellating oneself, either for penance. | A member of a religious order that preaches self-mortification as a means of absolution. (22 of 24 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
someone who whips himself or someone else for religious reasons (10 of 16 words, pronunciation)
term applied to the groups of Christians who practiced public flagellation as a penance. The practice supposedly grew out of the floggings ... (22 of 349 words, pronunciation)
medieval religious sects that included public beatings with whips as part of their discipline and devotional practice. Flagellant sects arose in ... (21 of 84 words)
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someone who gets sexual pleasure from being hurt ; [informal] someone who enjoys being in an unpleasant situation (18 of 44 words, pronunciations)
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a penitent who whips himself or herself as a means of repentance | somebody who uses whipping to achieve pleasure (19 of 55 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: late 16th century
Origin: Latin flagellant- "whipping", from the verb flagellare, from flagellum "whip" (see "flagellum")
Origin: Latin flagellāns, flagellant-, from present participle of flagellāre, to whip; see "flagellate".
First use: 16th century
Origin: from Latin flagellāre to whip, from flagellum
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Origin: Latin flagellans, present participle of flagellare: see "flagellate"
Origin: the Latin flagellare meaning to whip
First use: Late 16th century
Origin: Latin flagellant-, present participle of flagellare "to whip" from flagellum
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