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.