Flagellant

(noun)

Practitioners of an extreme form of mortification of their own flesh by whipping it with various instruments.

Related Terms

Examples of Flagellant in the following topics:

  • The Black Death

    • Flagellant groups spontaneously arose across Northern and Central Europe in 1349, except in England.
    • Some towns began to notice that sometimes Flagellants brought plague to towns where it had not yet surfaced.
    • The flagellants responded with increased physical penance.