flagellation
Americannoun
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the act or process of flagellating.
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a masochistic or sadistic act in which the participants receive erotic stimulation from whipping or being whipped.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of flagellation
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin flagellātiōn-, stem of flagellātiō. See flagellate, -ion
Example Sentences
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The incident occurred in the Church of the Flagellation, which is located on the Via Dolorosa, the route believed to have been walked by Jesus to his crucifixion.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2023
After a long, straight sequence of rooms, I arrived at Caravaggio’s “The Flagellation of Christ.”
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020
One example, by an unidentified artist, is a 14th-century North Italian drawing of the Flagellation of Christ whose gossamer refinement suggests the influence of Leonardo.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2017
“Obviously we’ve bought the portrait as Sackville and it is important to us as Sackville but somewhere underneath there is an Italian-inspired image of the Flagellation, which was really, really surprising for us,” said Cooper.
From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2013
If you hold your taper up to it you may see within the wall a part of the column to which the Savior was bound during the Flagellation.
From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Jacob, Robert Urie
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