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A garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair worn close to the skin used by members of various Christian traditions as a self-imposed means of penance (repentance) and mortification of the flesh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hairshirt, sackcloth
Antonyms: none provided
A leather strap studded with metallic barbs that cut into flesh as a constant reminder of Christ's suffering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From French cilice, from Latin cilicium (“clothing made of goatskin”), from Cilicia where it originates from.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
власеница
(vlasenica)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Catalan:
cilici
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Chinese Mandarin:
粗衣
(cūyī)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Chinese Mandarin:
褐衣
(hèyī)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Finnish:
jouhipaita
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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German:
Cilicium
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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German:
Büßerhemd
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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German:
Büsserhemd
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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German:
härenes Hemd
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Ido:
cilico
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Macedonian:
власе́ница
(vlasénica)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Polish:
włosienica
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Russian:
власяни́ца
(vlasjaníca)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Russian:
вре́тище
(vrétišče)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Ukrainian:
волосяниця
(volosjanycja)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Ukrainian:
власяни́ця
(vlasjanýcja)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Ukrainian:
верета
(vereta)
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
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Welsh:
crys rhawn
— garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair
