CILICE


Meaning of CILICE in English

/sil"is/ , n.

1. a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.

2. haircloth.

[ bef. 950; cilic cilicium kilíkion, neut. of kilíkios Cilician, so called because first made of Cilician goathair ]

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