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cilice

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪlɪs/Sorted cceiilStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A coarse haircloth garment worn for religious penance.

Word origin

From French cilice, from Latin cilicium (“clothing made of goatskin”), from Cilicia where it originates from.

Used in a sentence

  • It was deemed meritorious to disfigure the body by neglect and filth, to extenuate it by fasting and watchfulness, to lacerate it with stripes, and to fret the wounds with cilices of horsehair.

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