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expiatory

[ ek-spee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. able to make atonement or expiation; offered by way of expiation:

    expiatory sacrifices.



expiatory

/ -trɪ; ˈɛkspɪətərɪ /

adjective

  1. capable of making expiation
  2. given or offered in expiation
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±ð³æp¾±Â·²¹Â·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of expiatory1

1540–50; < Late Latin ±ð³æ±è¾±Äå³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ, equivalent to ±ð³æ±è¾±Äå ( re ) ( expiate ) + -³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ -tory 1
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Example Sentences

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But the new principle speedily degenerated into a belief in the expiatory nature of the gifts.

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Finally, after the event an expiatory sacrifice appeases the celestial anger, and a solemn covenant is made between men and the deity, who swears never so to destroy them again.

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The oracle, being again consulted by Temenus, bade him offer an expiatory sacrifice and banish the murderer for ten years, and look out for a man with three eyes to act as guide.

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In the philosophy of Plato, on the other hand, punishment was chiefly expiatory and purificatory.

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I doubt whether a real distinction can be made between propitiatory and expiatory sacrifices.

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