cilice

Significat (Anglès)

1. A garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair worn close to the skin used by members of various Christian traditions as a self-imposed means of penance (repentance) and mortification of the flesh.
2. A leather strap studded with metallic barbs that cut into flesh as a constant reminder of Christ's suffering.

Conceptes

cilici

Sinònims

hair shirt

Traduccions

cilicio

cilicium

cilice

cilicio

Büßergürtel

cilício

yapağıdan dokunmuş kumaş

Bußgürtel

boetegordel

Etimologia (Anglès)

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