Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS'CI-PLIN-ANT
DIS-CI-PLIN'A-BLE-NESSDIS-CI-PLIN-A'RI-AN
DIS'CI-PLIN-ANT, n.
One of a religions order, so called from their practice of scourging themselves, or other rigid discipline. – Smollett.
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