Definition of Flagelant
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- One who practices flagellating oneself, either for pleasure or penance.
- Member of a religious order that preaches self-mortification as a means of absolution.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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