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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: flagellum 'whip'

flagellate

 verb
     
fla‧gel‧late [transitive] formal
RRC to whip yourself or someone else, especially as a religious punishment
—flagellation noun [uncountable]
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