Meanings
- A scourge for penitential flogging.
They comprised fragments of a "disciplinarium," consisting mainly of a silver cord terminated in four knobbed lashes like a scourge, as used by Friars Disciplinant for self-flagellation, especially on Ash-Wednesdays; […]
1867, Journal, volume 2, Royal Institution of Cornwall, page 282
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disciplinarium
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