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expiatory
[ ek-spee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
adjective
- able to make atonement or expiation; offered by way of expiation:
expiatory sacrifices.
expiatory
/ -trɪ; ˈɛkspɪətərɪ /
adjective
- capable of making expiation
- given or offered in expiation
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±ð³æp¾±Â·²¹Â·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of expiatory1
Example Sentences
But the new principle speedily degenerated into a belief in the expiatory nature of the gifts.
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.
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.
In the philosophy of Plato, on the other hand, punishment was chiefly expiatory and purificatory.
I doubt whether a real distinction can be made between propitiatory and expiatory sacrifices.
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