Crossword clues for scourging
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scourged; p. pr. & vb. n. Scourging.] [From Scourge, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.]
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To whip severely; to lash.
Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?
--Acts xxii. 25. -
To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
--Heb. xii. 6. -
To harass or afflict severely.
To scourge and impoverish the people.
--Brougham.
Wiktionary
n. A beating with a scourge; a flogging. vb. (present participle of scourge English)
Usage examples of "scourging".
The Gnostics agreed in attributing evil to matter, and made the means of redemption to consist in fastings and scourgings of the flesh, with denial of all its cravings, and in lofty spiritual contemplations.
Wilt thou now Escape the after-bitterness with prayers, Scourgings, and wringings of the hands?
We want them to know that a knowledge of their whippings, their scourgings, their brandings, their chainings, is not confined to their plantations, but that some Negro of theirs has broken loose from his chains – has burst through the dark incrustation of slavery, and is now exposing their deeds of deep damnation to the gaze of the christian people of England.