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Word: Cilice
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from French, from Latin cilicium, from Greek kilikion, from Kilikia, the Greek name for Cilicia in Asia Minor (because hair shirts were originally made of Cilician goats' hair)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsɪlɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a hair shirt.
Short Definition:hair shirt
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