Cilicium

There was a goat's-hair cloth called cilicium manufactured in Cilicia, and largely used for tents, Saul's trade was probably that of making tents of this hair cloth. ❋ Unknown (1884)

The other he was unable to recognize at once, for a mantle of coarse woollen stuff, called cilicium, concealed a part of his face. ❋ Henryk Sienkiewicz (1881)

The goat's-hair cloth was called "cilicium," from the name of the province. ❋ James Stalker (1887)

"cilicium," or Cilician cloth, and was used for tents, &c. Paul, a ❋ Unknown (1871)

She wore a cilicium, the medieval-style hair shirt that scratched and tore the flesh, beneath her loose-fitting clothes. ❋ KATHLEEN MCGOWAN (2010)

Esau's hands, and Jacob's voice: yea, and many of those holy friars, sanctified men, Cappam, saith Hierom, et cilicium induunt, sed intus latronem tegunt. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They have single rooms instead of separate dwellings, two recreations every day, eat together daily, are not bound to wear the cilicium, and if ill are cared for in an infirmary. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

It was famous for its goat's-hair cloth, called cilicium. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

At thy death thy _cilicium_ shall be taken to the patriarch of Alexandria, and the great Athanasius, white with glory, shall kiss it as the relic of a saint. ❋ Anatole France (1884)

While C. hederifolium and C. cilicium typically bloom in late summer into fall, C. coum is a spring bloomer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of the charming garden vignettes of late winter and early spring is the combination of snowdrops and hardy species cyclamen, including Cyclamen hederifolium (photo above), C. coum, and C. cilicium. ❋ Unknown (2009)

" And cilice pronounced SILL-iss, from Latin cilicium 'Cilician' is "Hair-cloth; a rough garment made of hair-cloth, generally worn as a penitential robe." ❋ Unknown (2005)