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Expiatory

Expiatory Meaning & Definition
Expiatory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Expiatory?

[adj] having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Expiatory: expiative | propitiatory

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Expiatory In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex"pi*a*to*ry\, a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.] Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.

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