ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CILICE
Old English cilic, from Latin cilicium shirt made of Cilician goats' hair, from Greek kilikion, from KilikiaCilicia.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CILICE»
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cilice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cilice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A cilice (/ s l s/) was originally a garment or undergarment made of coarse cloth or animal hair (a hairshirt) used in some religious traditions to induce some degree of discomfort or pain as a sign of repentance and atonement.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
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The Materiality of Individuality: Archaeological Studies of ...
Although we do not have any concrete evidence, it appears that sometime in the
early modern era, and certainly by 1653, the cilice was also a garment, with “iron
points” (Thwaites, 1898[39]:261). Needless to say, the addition of metal barbs ...
Sister. Cilice. Barbie Wilde For many years, Sister Nikoletta was in the service of
a higher power. She prayed nine times a day. Her life was work, prayer, a few
fitful hours of sleep, then more work, more prayer. Thousands of her pious words
...
Paul Kane, Marie O'Regan, 2009
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The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code
CILICE. Cilice. is another word for a hair shirt, so called because it was originally
made from a rough wool of goats hair from Cicilia, a province in Asia Minor. My
Lewis and Short, an indispensable Latin dictionary, states that the Cicilians were
...
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The Ultimate Book of Top Ten Lists: A Mind-Boggling ...
A cilice is an item worn on the body to inflict pain or discomfort for the sake of
penance (remorse for your past actions). Originally a cilice was an undergarment
made of rough hair (such as a hairshirt) or cloth. In recent times it has been seen
as ...
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Articles on Opus Dei, Including: Josemar a Escriv ,
Cilice, ...
This particular book is a collaboration focused on Opus Dei.More info: Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, is an organization of the Catholic Church that teaches that everyone is called to holiness and ...
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The Unauthorized Dan Brown Com
The Da Vinci Code The term cilice originally referred to the hair shirt or haircloth,
a garment made of coarse cloth or animal hair. Goats were bred for the purpose
of making this haircloth and most of it was made in Cilicia, a Roman province in ...
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A history of the fishes of Madeira
Opercle plain, even, or not, at least whilst recent, obviously striate ; furnished with
one or two small tufts or cilice, and sprinkled with white granules. The branchial
openings are two round holes or orifices, placed close together high up, almost ...
Richard Thomas Lowe, 1843
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The Little Green Book of Eco-Fascism: The LeftÕs Plan to ...
Car; twenty-first-century answer to the cilice—or hair shirt. From early Christian
times right up to the present, the cilice—or, hair shirt—has been worn by religious
penitents in order to atone for their sins. Traditionally made of goatskin or coarse
...
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science
maturity ; and when the ova separate successively from the general mass by the
action of the waves, the young in each ovum is so large as nearly to fill the whole
of the vesicle which contains it. The cilice in these species are so long, and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CILICE»
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cilice is used in the context of the following news items.
An Opus Dei priest with an unusual gift
... a spiked chain, called a cilice, around one leg — and some are repelled by McCloskey's right-wing politics, about which he blogs regularly. «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Jun 15»
An Opus Dei Priest With a Magnetic Touch
... conservatives are wary of Opus Dei, which they see as secretive and bizarre — some of its lay members wear a spiked chain, called a cilice, ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Admit it, Londoners, you hate your lives. Why not give up and move …
... the one where you wear a cloak and eat by candlelight and get to wrap a cilice around your upper thigh while whipping yourself bloody with ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
SPIN Metal Report: The Body and Thou Team Up Viciously, Black …
Black Cilice has remained willfully esoteric for the entirety of their existence, but now that they've sworn allegiance to the underground darlings ... «SPIN, Feb 15»
Bishop Sis Addresses Movie Premiere of "Fifty Shades of Grey"
... some of the most ingenious methods of torture known to man, but specializes in methods of self harm (see The Cilice and self-flagellation). «San Angelo LIVE!, Feb 15»
The A's made me commit baseball adultery
... of support like a monk wearing a cilice. We are here not because you are good, the fans say, but because there's a chance you might be. «SB Nation, Jan 15»
Is Black Cilice Primed to Release the Best Album of 2015? Listen to …
It's probably a little too early to be calling out 2015's best metal albums, but I'll be damned if Black Cilice hasn't already felled the majority of the ... «Noisey, Dec 14»
Black Cilice Streaming New Track "Prayer From Beyond"
Portuguese black metal cult Black Cilice just premiered the new track "Prayer From Beyond" online, which can be heard below thanks to Noisey ... «Metal Underground, Dec 14»
Black Cilice Releasing New Album
Iron Bonehead Productions is proud to present the third LP of Black Cilice, titled "Mysteries," which will drop January 30th, 2015. Iron Bonehead ... «Metal Underground, Dec 14»
Sarah Palin can see gay marriage from her house
All we have to do is convince him the S/M part of our community is better at torture than the piddling little cilice he was given by the priests. :-). «AMERICAblog, Oct 14»
