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Cilice

A cilice /ˈsɪlɪs/, also known as a sackcloth, was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair (a hairshirt) worn close to the skin. It is used by members of various Christian traditions (including the Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, and Scottish Presbyterian churches) as a self-imposed means of repentance and…

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Introduced
Post-Exilic period
Material
Coarse cloth or animal hair
Place of origin
Cilicia
Type
Undergarment

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Cilice

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples91
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
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related to Use · 53
Cilice → According, American Catholic, As, Assisi, Baptist, Canossa, Catholic Church, Charlemagne, Christian, Cilices, Discalced Carmelite, Esther, Francis, Franciscan Brothers, Genesis, Germany, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Ignatius, Immaculate Conception
related to In popular culture · 18
Cilice → Church, Dixon, Eliza Fields, If, In, In Dan Brown's, In Thomas Pynchon's, Jesuit, Mason, Native Americans, Opus Dei, Pynchon's, Quebec, Silas, The, The Da Vinci Code, There, United States
related to Etymology · 16
Cilice → Asia Minor, Book, But, Cilicia, Common Prayer, Douay, Ego, King James Bible, Latin, Psalm, Rheims Bible, Roman, Sackcloth, Scriptural, The, Vulgate
Introduced · 1
Cilice → Post-Exilic period
Material · 1
Cilice → Coarse cloth or animal hair
Place of origin · 1
Cilice → Cilicia
Type · 1
Cilice → Undergarment

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hairshirt sackcloth worn hair church used christian catholic garment st cilices penance form also coarse animal repentance opus dei john

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CiliceIntroducedPost-Exilic period1.00infobox
CiliceMaterialCoarse cloth or animal hair1.00infobox
CilicePlace of originCilicia1.00infobox
CiliceTypeUndergarment1.00infobox
Cilicerelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Cilicerelated to EtymologyLatin0.60section
Cilicerelated to EtymologyCilicia0.60section
Cilicerelated to EtymologyRoman0.60section
Cilicerelated to EtymologyAsia Minor0.60section
Cilicerelated to EtymologyScriptural0.60section
Cilicerelated to EtymologyVulgate0.60section
Cilicerelated to EtymologyPsalm0.60section

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