0 present participle of scourge --
2 to beat someone with a whip (= a piece of leather or rope fastened to a stick) as a punishment: --
Flagellation is also called scourging.
A simple method was dancing round the circle singing or chanting; another method was the traditional binding and scourging.
He also said that he was indeed experiencing the pain of the crown of thorns and the scourging.
He would also walk through the assembled people scourging himself to the point of drawing blood and beyond.
Among other things, she was subjected to scourging with a lash.
Their occupations were to be the care of the sick, the burial of the dead, prayer, and strict mortification (including daily scourging).
In addition to raising power, binding and scourging can heighten the initiates' sensitivity and spiritual experience.
Other reported forms include tears of blood or sweating blood, and wounds to the back as from scourging.
