FLAGELLANT


Meaning of FLAGELLANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfla-jə-lənt, flə-ˈje-lənt ]

noun

Date: circa 1587

1. : a person who scourges himself or herself as a public penance

2. : a person who responds sexually to being beaten by or to beating another person

• flagellant adjective

• fla·gel·lant·ism -lən-ˌti-zəm noun

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