cilice

• As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm going through a bout of self-loathing today, but instead of turning to the cilice (ouch!), I've decided to take a listen to new singles from three songbirds whom I'd typically avoid at all costs. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
• To check it again I put off the cilice, and with it all other undergarments, retaining no more clothing than just the rough brown monkish habit. —  The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
• For upwards of a month, then, the mild torture of the goat's-hair cilice did the office I required of it. —  The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
• A cilice drenched with torment of my soul! —  The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence
• Ah! fiery cilice, I am satisfied! —  The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence

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