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Definition of Cilice
1. n. A kind of haircloth undergarment.
Definition of Cilice
1. Noun. A hairshirt. ¹
2. Noun. (chiefly in Opus Dei) A leather strap studded with metallic barbs that cut into flesh as a constant reminder of Christ's suffering. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cilice
1. a coarse cloth [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cilice
Literary usage of Cilice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Paris: Its Court and Literary Salons by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1880)
"Her Toilette and her cilice.—Her Desire to take the Veil.—Her Parents refuse
their Consent. ... The cilice admonishes in Vain. —Anne de Bourbon converted. ..."
2. Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as by William Jackson Hooker (1830)
"We are, however, now acquainted with many species which have interposed cilice,
so minute and imperfect that it would be difficult to say to which division ..."
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