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flagellation

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flagellation [‚flaj·ə′lā·shən]
(biology)
The arrangement of flagella on an organism.
(psychology)
Beating or whipping as a means of producing sexual gratification.
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However, a baton is kept here, which the pilgrim thrusts through a hole in the screen, and then he no longer doubts that the true Pillar of Flagellation is in there.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
As if it were less cruel to reduce a human being to the condition of a thing, than to give him a severe flagellation, or to deprive him of necessary food and clothing
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
As soon as I saw him I asked the reason of so cruel a flagellation.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
 
 
 
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