<div dir="ltr"><div>My understanding of "cilice" was a leather strap with barbs that someone wears as a reminder of Christ's scourging.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.yourdictionary.com/cilice">https://www.yourdictionary.com/cilice</a></div><div><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cilice">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cilice</a></div><div><br></div><div>However, a look at the OneLook site suggests that this is a newer definition. All the older dictionaries have only the "hairshirt" meaning.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div>BB,</div><div>Hutch</div><div> </div><div>-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----</div><div>Version: 3.1</div><div>GCM/S d+>- s+:+ a++ C+++$ ULAC>$ P+ L+ !E W++$</div><div>N+ o K? w++++/--$ O? M- V? PS+ PE/- Y PGP- t++ 5?</div><div>X-- R !tv? b++++>$ DI++++ D G+> e++ h+ r--?* y++></div><div>------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------</div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 11:32 PM David Randall <<a href="mailto:drandall.brooklyn@gmail.com">drandall.brooklyn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div>Hah, victory by being everyone's second choice! Ranked Choice Voting FTW.</div><div><br></div><div>Hutch, I believe that cilices indeed can be rough enough to tear the skin -- that that was the point of wearing them, not just to be itchy. Mortification of the flesh, etc. However, even if I am wrong, I will tell people that this is true.</div><div><br></div><div>If you know <b>shivviness</b>, please tell me soonish.</div><div><br></div><div>Best, David</div></div>
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