cilice

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

cilicio

Sinónimos

hair shirt

Traducciones

cilici

cilice

cilicio

cilicium

Büßergürtel

yapağıdan dokunmuş kumaş

boetegordel

cilício

Bußgürtel

Etimología (Inglés)

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