flagellation

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Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul was more truculent: "An honest ballot and social decorum will do more for God's glory and the salvation of souls than midnight flagellations or Compestellan pilgrimages."

From Time Magazine Archive

Several times he rose to defend himself against the flagellations of his enemies; each time the friendly arm of M. Painlevé shot out to restrain him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today the more serious flagellations are limited to the privacy of the morada.

From Time Magazine Archive

Did aging Rome submit to monkish flagellations in order to discover exquisite pleasure in torture itself, voluptuous bliss in pain?

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich

Self-expiations, flagellations, sheepskin cloaks, root dinners, repulsive austerities, followed.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity by Lord, John