flagellation
- n beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
- n beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- Many progressives in the church say the conservative group, with its strict adherence to personal piety (some lay members take vows of celibacy and practice self-flagellation), can .
- But I was made to understand that such religious samplings required no sustained commitment on my partno introspective exertion or self-flagellation.
- An Iraqi with his face red after self flagellation sits inside the damaged shrine.