Definitions for flagellants

flagellants flag·el·lant

Spelling: [flaj-uh-luh nt, fluh-j
IPA: /ˈflædʒ ə lənt, fləˈdʒɛl ənt/

Flagellants is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 501 anagrams from letters in flagellants (aaefglllnst).

Definitions for flagellants

noun

  1. a person who flagellates or scourges himself or herself for religious discipline.
  2. a person who derives sexual pleasure from whipping or being whipped by another person.
  3. (often initial capital letter) one of a medieval European sect of fanatics who practiced scourging in public.

adjective

  1. flagellating.
  2. severely criticizing:

Origin of flagellants

1555-65; Latin flagellant- (stem of flagellāns) whipping, present participle of flagellāre. See flagellum, -ant

Examples for flagellants

Kadris, a set of Mohammedan dervishes who lacerate themselves with scourges, like the flagellants.

And the flagellants and the Penitenti—have even their ghosts departed?

The proceedings of the flagellants in all countries were very similar.

Every country had its wandering hordes of flagellants and penitents, its crusaders and its pilgrims.

In 1349 two hundred flagellants first entered Strasburg, where they were hospitably lodged by the citizens.

There were the flagellants to see, who whipped themselves until their bare backs were red.

The practice has a long history, but amounts to an American survival of the flagellants of Europe.

This practice soon became a regular craze and was taken up later by the Dominicans, the Franciscans, and the flagellants.

Among the outbreaks of this kind was that of the flagellants, which showed itself several times in various places.

"These are the Beating Friars, otherwise called the flagellants," quoth he.

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