Relating to or involving flagellation; designed for or used in whipping.
From flagellation + -ory (suffix meaning 'of, relating to, or serving to'), similar to 'inflammatory' or 'respiratory.'
This is an unusual word form—it means the same as 'flagellative' but sounds more formal, showing how English has multiple ways to describe the same concept depending on context and tradition.
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