"sackcloth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sackcloths [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sakcloth, sekcloth, sekclath, sekklath. By surface analysis, sack + cloth. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sakcloth}} Middle English sakcloth, {{surf|en|sack|cloth}} By surface analysis, sack + cloth Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sackcloth (countable and uncountable, plural sackcloths)
  1. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics Translations (cloth): σάκκος (sákkos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), зебло (zeblo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), кеневир (kenevir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 麻布 (mábù) (Chinese Mandarin), yskar [masculine] (Cornish), sækkelærred [neuter] (Danish), Aa18-Z1-g-A-D3 (sꜣgꜣ) (Egyptian), säkkikangas (Finnish), toile à sac [feminine] (French), Sackleinen [neuter] (German), שַׂק (shaq) [masculine] (Hebrew), sacéadach [masculine] (Irish), éadach lín [masculine] (Irish), éadach saic [masculine] (Irish), зе́бло (zéblo) [neuter] (Macedonian), aanrit-sack (Manx), sak (Middle English), قیل (qıl) (Ottoman Turkish), Sakzeich [neuter] (Plautdietsch), aniagem [feminine] (Portuguese), ਤੱਪੜ (tappaṛ) [masculine] (Punjabi), мешкови́на (meškovína) [feminine] (Russian), дерю́га (derjúga) [feminine] (Russian), aodach-cainb [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), мішкови́на (miškovýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sachliain [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance. Tags: also, countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fabrics Synonyms: hairshirt, cilice Translations (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance): քուրձ (kʻurj) (Armenian), власеница (vlasenica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sæk [common-gender] (Danish), säkki (Finnish), שַׂק (shaq) [masculine] (Hebrew), власе́ница (vlasénica) [feminine] (Macedonian), taratara (Maori), քուրձ (kʻurj) (Old Armenian), власяни́ца (vlasjaníca) [feminine] (Russian), sambenito [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sackcloth-en-noun-Acn7493y Disambiguation of Fabrics: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Egyptian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Punjabi translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'figuratively: garment worn as act of penance': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wear sackcloth and ashes

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Alternative forms

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          "text": "Next you saw her alone, a kneeling penitent at the foot of the crucifix; her long fair hair is unbound, and the sackcloth robe is girded by a cord round her slender shape: her hands are clasped, and tears are flowing fast from the quenched radiance of those shadowy eyes;...",
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          "ref": "1959, “We Will All Go Together When We Go”, in Tom Lehrer (music), An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, performed by Tom Lehrer:",
          "text": "No more ashes, no more sackcloth / And an armband made of black cloth / Will someday never more adorn a sleeve",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Garments worn as an act of penance."
      ],
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        "(usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance."
      ],
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        "with “and ashes”"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "hairshirt"
        },
        {
          "word": "cilice"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "roman": "kʻurj",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "word": "քուրձ"
        },
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          "roman": "kʻurj",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "word": "քուրձ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vlasenica",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "власеница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sæk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "word": "säkki"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "he",
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          "roman": "shaq",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שַׂק"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vlasénica",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "власе́ница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "word": "taratara"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vlasjaníca",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "власяни́ца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sambenito"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "sackcloth"
}
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
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    {
      "word": "wear sackcloth and ashes"
    }
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        "A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks."
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        {
          "text": "After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.",
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          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 144:",
          "text": "Next you saw her alone, a kneeling penitent at the foot of the crucifix; her long fair hair is unbound, and the sackcloth robe is girded by a cord round her slender shape: her hands are clasped, and tears are flowing fast from the quenched radiance of those shadowy eyes;...",
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        {
          "ref": "1959, “We Will All Go Together When We Go”, in Tom Lehrer (music), An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, performed by Tom Lehrer:",
          "text": "No more ashes, no more sackcloth / And an armband made of black cloth / Will someday never more adorn a sleeve",
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      ],
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        "(usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance."
      ],
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        "with “and ashes”"
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          "word": "hairshirt"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zeblo",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зебло"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kenevir",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кеневир"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mábù",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "word": "麻布"
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "yskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sækkelærred"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "sꜣgꜣ",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "word": "Aa18-Z1-g-A-D3"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "word": "säkkikangas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toile à sac"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sackleinen"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sákkos",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σάκκος"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shaq",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שַׂק"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sacéadach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éadach lín"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "éadach saic"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zéblo",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зе́бло"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "word": "aanrit-sack"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "word": "sak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "qıl",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "word": "قیل"
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    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Sakzeich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aniagem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "tappaṛ",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਤੱਪੜ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "meškovína",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мешкови́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "derjúga",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дерю́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aodach-cainb"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "miškovýna",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мішкови́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "cloth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sachliain"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻurj",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "word": "քուրձ"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻurj",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "word": "քուրձ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vlasenica",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "власеница"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sæk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "word": "säkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shaq",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שַׂק"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vlasénica",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "власе́ница"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "word": "taratara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vlasjaníca",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "власяни́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "figuratively: garment worn as act of penance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sambenito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sackcloth"
}

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