Lexic.us

Definition of Flagellant

1. Noun. A person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification.

2. Noun. A person who whips himself as a religious penance.

Definition of Flagellant

1. n. One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant.

Definition of Flagellant

1. Noun. One who practices flagellating oneself, either for penance. ¹

2. Noun. A member of a religious order that preaches self-mortification as a means of absolution. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flagellant

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Flagellant

1. One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament. Synonym: disciplinant. Origin: L. Flagellans, p.p. Of flagellare: cf.F. Flagellant. See Flagellate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagellant

flag officer flag officers flag pole flag poles flag rank flag ranks flag sign flag smut flag smut fungus flag stop

flag stops flag waving flagbearer flagbearers flagellant (current term) flagellantism flagellantisms flagellants flagellar flagellar agglutinin

flagellar antigen flagellata flagellate flagellate diarrhoea flagellate protozoan flagellated flagellated cell flagellated protozoan flagellates

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