cilice

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

cilice

Synonymes

hair shirt

Traductions

cilicio

cilicium

cilici

Büßergürtel

cilicio

cilício

yapağıdan dokunmuş kumaş

Bußgürtel

boetegordel

Étymologie (Anglais)

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