[f. L. type *flagellātōrius: see prec. and -ORY.] Pertaining to flagellation or flogging.
1838. Fraser’s Mag., XVIII. Oct., 399/1. We quote one flagellatory paragraph.
1844. Tupper, Twins, ii. 16. Often had he screened his bad twin brother from the flagellatory consequences of sheer idleness.
1890. The Saturday Review, LXX. 30 Aug., 266/1. The unwilling specimen of so much flagellatory skill had done all he could to deserve his fate.
