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Webster 1913 Edition
Flagellation
Flagˊel-la′tion
,Noun.
[L.
flagellatio
: cf. F. flagellation
.] A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Flagellation
FLAGELLA'TION
,Noun.
A beating or whipping; a flogging; the discipline of the scourge.
Definition 2024
flagellation
flagellation
English
Noun
flagellation (countable and uncountable, plural flagellations)
- A beating consisting in lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as (in principle implement-precise) a whipping or scourging.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From flagellum, 'elongated filiform appendage', itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum 'whip', so closely related to etymology 1
Noun
flagellation (plural flagellations)
- (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement.
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967