"flagellation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌflæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/ Forms: flagellations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|flagellation}} French flagellation, {{uder|en|la|flagellatio}} Latin flagellatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flagellation (countable and uncountable, plural flagellations)
  1. Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: necrohippoflagellation Related terms: flagellant, flagellantism, flogging, self-flagellation Translations (Translations): flagelación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-flagellation-en-noun-Vve5fg9z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations, Violence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 66 34 Disambiguation of Violence: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˌflæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/ Forms: flagellations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|flagrum||whip}} Latin flagrum (“whip”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} flagellation (plural flagellations)
  1. (botany) The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement Derived forms: deflagellation, hyperflagellation, reflagellation
    Sense id: en-flagellation-en-noun-YA83ZRy5 Categories (other): Botany Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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