A cilice /ˈsɪlɪs/, also known as a sackcloth, was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair (a hairshirt) worn close to...

mortification is the use of a cilice, a small metal chain with inwardly pointing spikes that is worn around the upper thigh. The cilice's spikes cause pain and...

Among votarists, traditional forms of physical mortification are chain cilices and hair-shirts. In some of its more severe forms, it can mean using a...

A hairshirt is a cilice, an uncomfortable shirt worn by some Catholics and, earlier, by Jews as a sign of penance. Hairshirt may also refer to: Hairshirt...

mortification of the flesh, where individuals may wear an abrasive shirt called a cilice or "hair shirt" and in the wearing of "sackcloth" on Ash Wednesday. During...

portal Kacchera, a Sikh undergarment Sedreh, a Zoroastrian undergarment Cilice, a Christian coarse undergarment worn for penance Hijab, a Muslim woman's...

the other a standing and facing figure of St. John the Baptist wearing a cilice. On other countries' florins, the inscriptions were changed (from "Florentia"...

Chromotherapy Church grim (Christ.-Eng./Nord.) Ciborium, see also Chalice Cilice Circumambulation Clairaudience (ability to hear voices & sounds super-normally-...

the iḥram. Judaism portal Christianity portal Repentance (Christianity) Cilice Penance Mortification of the flesh Flagellant Hessian fabric Felt Hastings...

who uses crutches, uses one to disable him by striking the leg bound by a cilice, a metal device used to appropriate the lashing of a whip, in deference...

of comforts for a friar, he voluntarily slept on the bare ground, wore a cilice, doubled his fasts, and generally denied himself with enthusiasm; indeed...

or tobacco, or other privations. Self-flagellation and the wearing of a cilice are more rarely used. Such acts have sometimes been called mortification...

century, Saint Josemaría Escrivá practiced self-flagellation and used the cilice, a modern-day version of the hairshirt. Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, a saint...

to continue with the band. In March 2010, Daniël de Jongh (formerly of Cilice) joined the band as a replacement. Due to the singer change, the follow-up...

confessed every night in fear of sleeping in a state of sin, and wore a cilice under his armor in battle. He was nevertheless an accomplished military...

Catholic: 1 April (Ordinary Form)/ 2 April (Extraordinary Form) Attributes Cilice, skull, loaves of bread Patronage Chastity (warfare against the flesh; deliverance...

mortification of the flesh through self-flagellation, wearing a barbed metal cilice, and wearing a home-made crown of thorns. She received her First Communion...

do rządu i kandydują w wyborach" [Secret circles of Opus Dei. They wear cilice on their thighs, whip themself, penetrate the government and candidate in...

persons, wherever they be. Silas, the murderous "Opus Dei monk", uses a cilice and flagellates himself. Some members of Opus Dei do practice voluntary...

was originally organized in The Sugarfactory, featuring Dutch bands like Cilice, The New Dominion, Red Eyes, Illucinoma and others. The May 2018 edition...

lifestyle. Previously, Becket had lived ostentatiously, but he now wore a cilice and lived like an ascetic. That said, modern Becket historian Frank Barlow...

Spring of beauty, In Fascism is the salvation Of our freedom. Cursed was the cilice Which led to heroism, Sacrifice was mocked By the new socialism. Arise,...

be addressed by limiting the consumption of resources. A hairshirt (or cilice) is an undergarment worn to induce discomfort, and thereby lead the wearer...

two of the 18 books in the entire piece. He wears a green mantle over a cilice of camel-hair, his usual attribute. He looks towards the Almighty in the...

front of an audience; "Dear Dirty" is a studio track and "The Water Jet Cilice" and "Ethiobirds" were recorded live (solo) at Andrew’s home studio in a...

(voiced by Phil LaMarr) sitting in his chamber, tightening a spiked metal cilice around his leg. He then picks up a handgun and leaves. The game cuts to...

to an oracle nearby. Homer mentions the people of Mopsus, identified as Cilices (Κίλικες), as from the Troad in the northwestern-most part of Anatolia...

that he maintains celibacy through daily self-flagellation with a chain cilice and thinking of the Mary, mother of Jesus. He opposes same-sex marriage...

wear monastic costume. Gerard continued to wear the habits of a hermit (cilice or goat skins) and spent days in solitude in the forests near his see. His...

She is a numerary member of Opus Dei and has asserted that she wears a cilice. She was re-elected to the Italian Parliament as a member of the Chamber...