Usually means: Self-inflicted pain for religious atonement.
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  1. flagellantism: Merriam-Webster
  2. flagellantism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. flagellantism: Wiktionary
  4. flagellantism: Dictionary.com
  5. Flagellantism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. flagellantism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  7. flagellantism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. flagellantism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. flagellantism: Medical dictionary

(Note: See flagellant as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (flagellantism)

noun:  The act of whipping oneself, typically for religious penance or for sexual excitement

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