Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expiatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expiatory \Ex"pi*a*to*ry\, a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F.
expiatoire.]
Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an
expiatory sacrifice.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expiatory
adj : having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or
propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
[syn: {expiative}, {propitiatory}]
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