'Disciplinant' definitions:
Definition of 'Disciplinant'
From: GCIDE
- Disciplinant \Dis"ci*plin*ant\, n. [See Discipline.] (Eccl. Hist.) A flagellant. See Flagellant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'disciplinant'
From: GCIDE
- Flagellant \Flag"el*lant\, n. [L. flagellans, p. p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant. [1913 Webster]