单词 | disciplinant |
释义 | disciplinantn. Now rare (chiefly historical). A person who scourges himself or herself as a form of religious discipline or penance. Cf. discipline n. 1.Chiefly with reference to Christian religious orders in Spain, Italy, and France. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > disciplinant > [noun] scourger1537 disciplinant1549 flagellant1570 flagellist1833 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie fol. 162v There be within the citee .20. scholes or companies of disciplinauntes otherwise called Battuti. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote iv. xxv. 277 Presently he 'spy'd, descending from a certain Height, several Men apparell'd in white, like Disciplinants [Sp. disciplinantes]. 1623 J. Digby Contin. Former Relation 12 The publique and solemne exercise of deuotion began, and the Procession, and the disciplinants which euery yeere doe vsually passe through the streets. 1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) II. 297 The Disciplinants lifting up their Hoods and grasping fast their Whips, as the Priests did their Tapers. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy 242 The very disciplinants, who scourge themselves in the Holy-Week, are generally peasants or parties hired for the purpose. 1805 T. Lindley Narr. Voy. to Brasil, 170 I had missed some curious processions in the last week; particularly those of the penetentiary [sic] disciplinants, which were..to accelerate rain, which is unusually late this season. 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote III. lxxi. 699 I have no mind to catch cold, which is the danger run by all new disciplinants. 1888 Hist. Flagellation Different Nations ix. 71 Under King Henry the Third..the processions of disciplinants found much favour in France. 1932 E. Maclagan Jesuits & Great Mogul xvi. 291 A procession on Thursday in Holy Week in Lahore..accompanied by a band of disciplinants whose penances excited the horror and admiration of the Hindu onlookers. 1981 W. M. Bowsky Medieval Ital. Commune vii. 267 They found themselves attracted to religio-psychological practices that allowed greater scope for their dedication, asceticism, and severity..and they became disciplinants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549 |
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