Definition of Flagellants. Meaning of Flagellants. Synonyms of Flagellants

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Definition of Flagellants

Flagellant
Flagellant Flag"el*lant, n. [L. flagellans, p. p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate.] (Eccl. Hist.) 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.

Meaning of Flagellants from wikipedia

- Church leaders to suppress the Flagellants. This position was reinforced in 1372 by Gregory XI who ****ociated the Flagellants with other heretical groups...
- medieval music, the Geisslerlieder, or Flagellant songs, were the songs of the wandering bands of flagellants, who overspread Europe during two periods...
- laity. In the 13th century, a group of Roman Catholics, known as the Flagellants, took this practice to extremes. During the Black Death, it was thought...
- towards themselves as they repent, but instead to God. Historically, the flagellants are the origin of the current traditions, as they flogged themselves...
- major purposes. The 11-foot-tall (3.4 m) painting was carried by the flagellants during ‘crisis processionals’ whenever the city was threatened by drought...
- A Procession of Flagellants (Procesión de disciplinantes, or Procesión de flagelantes) is an oil-on-panel painting produced by Francisco de Goya between...
- Exhibition of Female Flagellants is an 1830 **** novel published by George Cannon in London and attributed, probably falsely[citation needed]...
- prayer. In the 13th century, a group of Roman Catholics, known as the Flagellants, took self-mortification to an extreme, and would travel to towns and...
- most medieval religious orders and ****ociations. The fourteenth-century Flagellants were named for their self-flagellation; King Louis IX of France and Elisabeth...
- The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant is a 19th-century work of sado-****ic ****, written under the pseudonym Rosa...