Flagellant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who whips, especially one who scourges oneself for religious discipline or public penance.
  • n. One who seeks sexual gratification in beating or being beaten by another person.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who practices flagellating oneself, either for penance.
  • n. A member of a religious order that preaches self-mortification as a means of absolution.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Given to flagellation, or the use of the rod; flagellating.
  • n. One who whips or scourges himself for religious discipline; specifically, in history, one of a body of religious persons who believed they could thus appease the divine wrath against their sins and the sins of the age.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification
  • n. a person who whips himself as a religious penance
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    masochist    penitent   
    Variant
    disciplinant   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    self-flagellation    self-loathing    exhibitionism   
     
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