Definition of Sackcloth. Meaning of Sackcloth. Synonyms of Sackcloth

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Definition of Sackcloth

Sackcloth
Sackcloth Sack"cloth` (?; 115), n. Linen or cotton cloth such as sacks are made of; coarse cloth; anciently, a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress, mortification, or penitence. Gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. --2 Sam. iii. 31. Thus with sackcloth I invest my woe. --Sandys.

Meaning of Sackcloth from wikipedia

- Sackcloth (Hebrew: שַׂק śaq) is a co****ly woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the...
- 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...
- Sackcloth 'n' Ashes is the debut full-length studio album by American band 16 Horsepower, released on February 6, 1996. "I Seen What I Saw" – 3:24 "Black...
- abrasive shirt called a cilice or "hair shirt" and in the wearing of "sackcloth" on Ash Wednesday. During the Great Depression in the US, when cloth became...
- Sackcloth and Scarlet is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by Henry King and written by Jules Furthman, Thomas J. Geraghty, George Fort...
- repentance, all the people proclaim a fast and put on sackcloth, and even the king covers himself with sackcloth and sits in ashes, as told in Jonah 3:5–6. Church...
- this time they had gained the attention of A&M Records, and recording of Sackcloth 'n' Ashes began in 1995. For various reasons A&M postponed the release...
- ashes, and so a biblical symbol of mourning and repentance, described as sackcloth and ashes. It can be used during Lent or on special days of fasting and...
- king of Nineveh then puts on sackcloth and sits in ashes, making a proclamation which decrees fasting, the wearing of sackcloth, prayer, and repentance. God...
- John. Avner reports the news of John's death to Jesus, mourning with sackcloth and ashes, while Andrew and the disciples learn it from Joanna. 26 2 "Confessions"...