(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:30:18

Ci*li"cious (?), a. [L. cilicium a covering, orig. made of Cilician goat's hair, fr. Cilicious Cilician, fr. Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor.]

Made, or consisting, of hair.

[Obs.]

A Cilicious or sackcloth habit. Sir T. Browne.

 

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