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View synonyms for expiatory
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
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Other Words From
- non·expi·a·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of expiatory1
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Example Sentences
But the new principle speedily degenerated into a belief in the expiatory nature of the gifts.
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A great expiatory sacrifice succeeded in finally calming him.
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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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