Associations to the word «Flagellant»

Wiktionary

FLAGELLANT, noun. A person who whips them self or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification.

Dictionary definition

FLAGELLANT, noun. A person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification.
FLAGELLANT, noun. A person who whips himself as a religious penance.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca