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flagellations

flagellations is the plural of flagellation.

Meaning of flagellation

Noun (1)

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.
    • As a means of restoring vigor to the generative organs, flagellation was recommended by the ancient physicians as an effectual remedy, in accordance with the Hippocratic principle of ubi stimulus, ibi affluxus.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 42

Noun (2)

flagellation (plural flagellations)

  1. The formation by plants of flagella, or their arrangement

Questions about flagellations

What is flagellations the plural of?
Flagellations is the plural of flagellation.

Words near flagellations in the dictionary

  1. flagellated
  2. flagellates
  3. flagellatin'
  4. flagellating
  5. flagellation
  6. flagellations
  7. flagellative
  8. flagellator
  9. flagellators
  10. flagellatory
  11. flagellatrix

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