expiatory

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ex·pi·a·tion (

1. The act of expiating; atonement.

2. A means of expiating.

expi·a·tory (-

-tôr

, -t

) adj.

expiatory [ˈɛkspɪətərɪ -trɪ]

adj

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) capable of making expiation

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) given or offered in expiation

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Adj.

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

expiative, propitiatory

Translations

expiatory [ˈekspɪətərɪ] ADJ → expiatorio

expiatory

adj → Sühne-; expiatory offering → Sühneopfer nt

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Euctical expiative Expiatorious February Gaudí propitiatory purgatorial sacrificial			I had an absolute certainty that I should see again what I had already seen, but something within me said that by offering myself bravely as the sole subject of such experience, by accepting, by inviting, by surmounting it all, I should serve as an expiatory victim and guard the tranquility of my companions. Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context The steam-yacht, built in the Clyde, and fitted with tiled bath-rooms and other unheard-of luxuries, was said to have cost him half a million; and the pearl necklace which he had presented to his wife on his return was as magnificent as such expiatory offerings are apt to be. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context			Experimentative Experimentator experimenter experimenter bias experimenter effect Experimentist Experrection expert expert evidence expert opinion expert system expert witness expertise expertism expertize expertly expertness Expetible expiable expiate expiation Expiatist expiative Expiator Expiatorious expiatory Expilation Expilator Expirable Expirant expiration expiration date expiration-dated expiratory expire expired Expiring expiry expiry date Expiscate Expiscation Expiscatory explain explain away explainable Explainer explanandum explanans Explanate explanation explanative			Experts Society Experts-Comptables et Commissaires aux Comptes de France expetere Expetible EXPFLDMB EXPHO EXPI expiable expiable expiate expiate expiated expiated expiates expiates expiating expiating expiatio expiation expiation expiation expiations expiations Expiatist expiative expiator expiator Expiatorious expiators expiators expiatory expiatory chapel expilare Expilation Expilation Expilator Expint Expirable Expiracion Expirant expirate expiration expiration expiration expiration expiration expiration Expiration cycle Expiration Cycles expiration date expiration date expiration date expiration date expiration date Expiration Dates Expiration Dates Expiration Dates expiration effect expiration Friday Expiration Notice Expiration of Active Obligated Service

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