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in sackcloth and ashes, in a state of repentance or sorrow; contrite: She would be in sackcloth and ashes for days over every trifling error she made.
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sackcloth (ˈsækˌklɒθ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | coarse cloth such as sacking |
| 2. | garments made of such cloth, worn formerly to indicate mourning or penitence |
| 3. | sackcloth and ashes a public display of extreme grief, remorse, or repentance |
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Sackcloth
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sackcloth
penitential garb, c.1300, from sack (n.1) + cloth. In the Biblical sense it was of goats' or camels' hair, the coarsest possible clothing.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Sackcloth definition
cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen. 37:34; 42:25; 2 Sam. 3:31; Esther 4:1, 2; Ps. 30:11, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (Matt. 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
They had put upon her a garment of coarse sackcloth.
Under his episcopal ornaments he wore a rough hair shirt, and had no better covering to his bed than sackcloth.
They graze on munchies until they figure it's time to diet, and then they cover themselves with ashes and sackcloth.
His under garment was sackcloth, over which he wore a white coat of sheepskin, with a girdle.
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