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Meanings of clad in sackcloth in English

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Usage of clad in sackcloth in English
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It was an old man clad in sackcloth, who resembled a hermit.
Three short works / The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Juli...
2
His former disciple appeared suddenly before him, still clad in sackcloth and defiled by ashes.
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
3
A Quaker woman, clad in sackcloth, and with ashes on her head, has mounted the steps of the meeting-house.
Main Street / (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales"...
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Then the half-frenzied shape of Mary Dyer, the persecuted Quaker woman, clad in sackcloth and ashes would have rested in it for a moment.
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from...
5
EDITH, barefooted, and clad in sackcloth, with her hair hanging loose upon her shoulders, walks slowly up the aisle, followed by WHARTON and other Quakers.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Clad in sackcloth, with a rosary at his waist, he was accustomed to beg his bread from door to door.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 04: 1555-59
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