English Dictionary: flagellant | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}. |