Some holy men affected sackcloth and ashes.
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Sackcloth
Synonyms for "sackcloth" (9 found)
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Translations
39 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σάκκος noun (cloth)
Armenian
1 entries- քուրձ noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
Bulgarian
3 entries- власеница noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
- зебло noun (cloth)
- кеневир noun (cloth)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 麻布 noun (cloth)
Cornish
1 entries- yskar noun (cloth)
Danish
2 entries- sæk noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
- sækkelærred noun (cloth)
Egyptian
1 entries- Aa18-Z1-g-A-D3 noun (cloth)
Finnish
2 entries- säkki noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
- säkkikangas noun (cloth)
French
1 entries- toile à sac noun (cloth)
German
1 entries- Sackleinen noun (cloth)
Hebrew
2 entries- שַׂק noun (cloth)
- שַׂק noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
Irish
3 entries- sacéadach noun (cloth)
- éadach lín noun (cloth)
- éadach saic noun (cloth)
Macedonian
2 entries- власе́ница noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
- зе́бло noun (cloth)
Manx
1 entries- aanrit-sack noun (cloth)
Middle English
1 entries- sak noun (cloth)
Māori
1 entries- taratara noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
Old Armenian
1 entries- քուրձ noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
Old English
1 entries- hǣre noun (cloth)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قیل noun (cloth)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Sakzeich noun (cloth)
Polish
2 entries- tkanina workowa noun (cloth)
- wór pokutny noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
Portuguese
1 entries- aniagem noun (cloth)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਤੱਪੜ noun (cloth)
Russian
3 entries- власяни́ца noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
- дерю́га noun (cloth)
- мешкови́на noun (cloth)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aodach-cainb noun (cloth)
Spanish
1 entries- sambenito noun (figuratively: garment worn as act of penance)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мішкови́на noun (cloth)
Welsh
1 entries- sachliain noun (cloth)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.
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After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.
Source: wiktionary
Next you saw her alone, a kneeling penitent at the foot of the crucifix; her long fair hair is unbound, and the sackcloth robe is girded by a cord round her slender shape: her hands are clasped, and tears are flowing fast from the quenched radiance of those shadowy eyes;...
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