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...
- 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. "Ash...
- Sackcloth 'n' Ashes is the debut studio album by American band 16 Horsepower, released on February 6, 1996. "I Seen What I Saw" – 3:24 "Black Soul Choir"...
- 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...
- seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood." Hagee later wrote Four Blood Moons...
- the month of Adar. When Mordecai finds out about the plans, he puts on sackcloth and ashes, a sign of mourning, publicly weeping and lamenting, and many...
- 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...
- typically made of sackcloth such as burlap and trimmed with crimson cloth, often velvet, is worn, even during Holy W****—since the sackcloth represents penance...
- 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...