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Definitions from WordNet
Adjective hair-shirt has 1 sense
Noun hair-shirt has 1 sense
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Definitions from the WebHair-ShirtNounA hair-shirt is a coarse shirt made from rough animal hair cloth, typically worn as a form of religious penance or self-mortification. Example sentence: He wore a hair-shirt every day as a way to humble himself in religious devotion. Search for hair-shirts on AmazonAdjectiveThe term hair-shirt can also be used as an adjective to describe a person or behavior that involves self-punishment, deprivation, or austerity. Example sentence: The hair-shirt lifestyle he embraced involved living in a bare-bones cabin without any modern conveniences. Search for ascetic lifestyle books on AmazonVerbTo hair-shirt means to impose acts of self-punishment or penance upon oneself. Example sentence: In an effort to atone for his past mistakes, he would frequently hair-shirt by fasting for days on end. Search for self-punishment books on AmazonRelated Products:Books on religious penance on Amazon | ||||
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