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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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portal Kacchera, a Sikh undergarment Sedreh, a Zoroastrian undergarment Cilice, a Christian coarse undergarment worn for penance Hijab, a Muslim woman's...
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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"...
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the iḥram. Judaism portal Christianity portal Repentance (Christianity) Cilice Penance Mortification of the flesh Flagellant Hessian fabric Felt Hastings...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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century, Saint Josemaría Escrivá practiced self-flagellation and used the cilice, a modern-day version of the hairshirt. Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, a saint...
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or tobacco, or other privations. Self-flagellation and the wearing of a cilice are more rarely used. Such acts have sometimes been called mortification...
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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...
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Catholic: 1 April (Ordinary Form)/ 2 April (Extraordinary Form) Attributes Cilice, skull, loaves of bread Patronage Chastity (warfare against the flesh; deliverance...
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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...
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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...
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was originally organized in The Sugarfactory, featuring Dutch bands like Cilice, The New Dominion, Red Eyes, Illucinoma and others. The May 2018 edition...
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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...
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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...
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lifestyle. Previously, Becket had lived ostentatiously, but he now wore a cilice and lived like an ascetic. That said, modern Becket historian Frank Barlow...
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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,...
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Soldier On is an EP by American musician Andrew Bird. "The Water Jet Cilice" appears as a bonus track on Armchair Apocrypha with the name "Self-Torture"...
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be addressed by limiting the consumption of resources. A hairshirt (or cilice) is an undergarment worn to induce discomfort, and thereby lead the wearer...
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persons, wherever they be. Silas, the murderous "Opus Dei monk", uses a cilice and flagellates himself. Some members of Opus Dei do practice voluntary...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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poor; he had liver disease. His faith added to his suffering; he wore a cilice and slept alone on an iron bed, waking at 5:00 am every morning and celebrating...
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