Definitions for: Expiatory


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



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex"pi*a*to*ry, a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F.
expiatoire.]
Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an
expiatory sacrifice.

Synonyms: expiative, propitiatory

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