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Polish
Etymology
Literally, “God's wounds”.
Pronunciation
Noun
boże rany nvir pl
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Roman Catholicism) discipline (self-flagellation from the service on Fridays after monasteries)
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Roman Catholicism) discipline (light hitting of children with a rod on Holy Friday to remind them of the Passion of the Lord)
Further reading
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “boże rany”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 128