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Synonyms for hair shirt

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Noun

1. Horsehair shirt — A shirt made of haircloth; especially one worn by ascetics or the penitent

horsehair shirt, sackcloth, cilice rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A shirt made of haircloth; especially one worn by ascetics or the penitent.

Related words

Other spellings
hair-shirt hairshirt

Example sentences

  • sackcloth Some holy men affected sackcloth and ashes.

By length

6 letters
cilice
9 letters
sackcloth