cilice
/sil-is/US // ˈsɪl ɪs //UK // (ˈsɪlɪs) //
西里奇,西里斯,西利奇,西利塞斯
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- : haircloth.
Examples
And now I must doff this bristly cilice; they would prick thy tender skin, perhaps make it bleed, as they have me, I see.
The breastplate and the cilice of bristles she took and dashed with feeble ferocity on the floor.
Cilice, sil′is, n. hair-cloth: a penitential garment made of hair-cloth.
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