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Flagellation

Flagellation (Latin flagellum, 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc. Typically, flogging has been imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly and even done by oneself…

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Historical use as punishment

TorahRabbinic lawMalkotSanhedrinHalakha
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As a religious practice

Passion of ChristChristian denominationsGreat SchismInstrument of penance is called a disciplineFlagellants
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Current or recent past use as punishment

Countries using Islamic lawSingaporeMalaysiaShariaMaldives
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WhipsBirchingSwitchesCat o' nine tailsSjambok
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Flagellation

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Flagellation

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related to Further reading · 53
Flagellation → After, Age, Andrew, Arlington Heights, Battles, Bean, Beating, Bloomington, Buist, Charles, Conway, Doubting Thomas, Duckworth, Flagellants, Flogging, Francis, Greenery Press, Greenhill, Gunther, Harlan Davidson
related to External links · 21
Flagellation → Archived, Australia, Catholic Church, Clinical Knowledge, Crucifixion, Dr, Encyclopedia, FlagellationSuffering, Flogging, Forensic, Frederick ZugibePilot Guides, Horrific, Iran, June, Media, Practice, Sainthood The, VideoPage, Wayback MachineInformation, Wikimedia CommonsVideo
related to Antiquity · 20
Flagellation → According, Ancient Roman, Artemis Orthia, Cybele, Dies Sanguinis, Due, During, Greco-Roman, In, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lupercalia, Most, Plutarch, Roman, Roman Empire, Spartan, Such, The, Whips
related to Christianity · 15
Flagellation → As, Black Plague, Christ, Christian, Flagellants, Great Schism, In, Jesus, Nowadays, Passion, Pope Clement VI, Roman Catholics, The, The Flagellation, They
related to Judaism · 12
Flagellation → According, Also, Deuteronomy, Halakha, However, If, Jewish, Malkot, Rabbinic, Sanhedrin, The, Torah
related to As a sexual practice · 11
Flagellation → Astrology, BDSM, British Museum, English, John Davies, The, The Cully Flaug'd, There, Thomas Shadwell's The Virtuoso, Tim Tell-Troth's Knavery, Visual
related to Syria · 11
Flagellation → Bashar Al-Assad, Free Syrian Army, Hafez, In Syria, ISIS, ISIS's, Islamist, POWs, Raqqa Stadium, Syrian Democratic Forces, The
related to Australian penal colonies · 10
Flagellation → Australia, British, British Army, British Royal Navy, Given, In, It, Once, Typically, Unlike Roman

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flogging punishment whipping lashes used also law punishments including british caning public flogged cat sharia number one nine united practice

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whipsinstance offlogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements0.80text
rodsinstance offlogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements0.80text
switchesinstance offlogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements0.80text
the cat o' nine tailsinstance offlogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements0.80text
the sjambokinstance offlogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements0.80text
the knoutinstance offlogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements0.80text
etcinstance offlogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements0.80text
kidnappinginstance ofJudges routinely mandated caning as punishment for crimes0.80text
rapeinstance ofJudges routinely mandated caning as punishment for crimes0.80text
and robberyinstance ofJudges routinely mandated caning as punishment for crimes0.80text
but also nonviolent offenses -- narcotics possessioninstance ofJudges routinely mandated caning as punishment for crimes0.80text
criminal breach of trustinstance ofJudges routinely mandated caning as punishment for crimes0.80text

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