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hair shirt
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hair shirt
n.
A coarse haircloth garment worn next to the skin by religious ascetics as penance.
hair shirt
Noun
a shirt made of horsehair cloth worn against the skin as a penance
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Noun1.hair shirt - an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance
shirt - a garment worn on the upper half of the body
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Penitents were required to crop their hair, wear hair shirts (goat hair, not their own), practice celibacy, and prostrate themselves before the bishop, who would literally walk over their backs on his way into the church for Mass.
How the church has learned to say, "I'm sorry"-- by Appleby, R. Scott / U.S. Catholic
So we donned our hair shirts and, as the trees rustled mysteriously in the night air, feasted, richly, on our reward.
Ocean by Garafola, Lynn / Dance Magazine
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