Flagellant
41Flagellation — is the act of whipping (Latin flagellum , whip ) the human body. Specialised implements for it include rods, switches and the cat o nine tails. Typically, whipping is performed on unwilling subjects as a punishment; however, flagellation can also …
42Paul Morand — Paul Morand, vor 1925 Paul Morand (* 13. März 1888 in Paris; † 23. Juli 1976 ebenda) war ein französischer Erzähler, Diplomat und Mitglied der Académie française. Inhaltsverzeichnis …
43flagellants — Medieval religious sects that included public beatings with whips as part of their discipline and devotional practice. Flagellant sects arose in northern Italy, and had become large and widespread by с 1260. Groups marched through European towns …
44Morand, Paul — ▪ French author and diplomat born March 13, 1888, Paris, France died July 24, 1976, Paris French diplomat and novelist whose early fiction captured the feverish atmosphere of the 1920s. Morand joined the diplomatic service in 1912,… …
45Los Hermanos Penitentes — Los Hermanos Penitentes † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Los Hermanos Penitentes (The Penitent Brothers), a society of flagellants existing among the Spanish of New Mexico and Colorado. (1) Practices The Hermanos Penitentes are a… …
46flagellation — 1. Whipping either one s self or another as a means of arousing or heightening sexual feeling. 2. The pattern of formation of flagella. [L. flagellatus, fr. flagello, to whip or scourge] * * * flag·el·la·tion .flaj ə lā shən n the practice of a… …
47MORAND (P.) — Paul Morand attira l’attention du monde littéraire dès ses premiers recueils de poèmes, Lampes à arc (1919) et Feuilles de température (1920). Célèbre à trente trois ans avec Ouvert la nuit (1922), il connut le succès des forts tirages, courut le …
48ascète — [ asɛt ] n. • fin XVIIe; aschète 1580; bas lat. asceta; gr. askêtês « celui qui s exerce » 1 ♦ Relig. Personne qui pratique l ascétisme, s impose, par piété, des exercices de pénitence, des privations, des mortifications. ⇒ anachorète , cénobite …
49flagellation — [ flaʒelasjɔ̃; flaʒɛllasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIVe, rare av. XVIIe; lat. ecclés. flagellatio ♦ Action de flageller. ⇒ fustigation. Supplice de la flagellation. ⇒ fouet. La flagellation de Jésus Christ. Flagellation thérapeutique : massage consistant à… …
50flageller — [ flaʒele ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • XIV e; lat. flagellare, de flagellum « fouet » → fléau ♦ Battre de coups de fouet. ⇒ fouailler, fouetter, fustiger. Pronom. Se flageller. ♢ Fig. « La nuit s était faite, le vent glacé le flagellait »… …
