- A
cilice /ˈsɪlɪs/, also
known as a sackcloth, was
originally a
garment or
undergarment made of co****
cloth or
animal hair (a hairshirt) worn
close to...
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mortification is the use of a
cilice, a
small metal chain with
inwardly pointing spikes that is worn
around the
upper thigh. The
cilice's spikes cause pain and...
- A
hairshirt is a
cilice, an
uncomfortable shirt worn by some
Catholics and, earlier, by Jews as a sign of penance.
Hairshirt may also
refer to: Hairshirt...
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portal Kacchera, a Sikh
undergarment Sedreh, a
Zoroastrian undergarment Cilice, a
Christian co****
undergarment worn for
penance Hijab, a
Muslim woman's...
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Among votarists,
traditional forms of
physical mortification are
chain cilices and hair-shirts. In some of its more
severe forms, it can mean
using a...
- the iḥram.
Judaism portal Christianity portal Repentance (Christianity)
Cilice Penance Mortification of the
flesh Flagellant Hessian fabric Felt Hastings...
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Silas appears, but
Teabing disables him by
striking the leg
bound by a
cilice, a
metal device used to
appropriate the
lashing of a whip, in deference...
- the
other a
standing and
facing figure of St. John the
Baptist wearing a
cilice. On
other countries' florins, the
inscriptions were
changed (from "Florentia"...
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often applied to upholstery, ****s,
underskirts and hairshirts, or
cilices,
while "luxury fabrics" use the
softer undercoat.
Haircloth is
woven or...
- century,
Saint Josemaría Escrivá
practiced self-flagellation and used the
cilice, a modern-day
version of the hairshirt.
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, a saint...
