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Hair shirt

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

📖 Definitions of "Hair shirt"

noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    A state of penitence and humility.

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