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expiatory - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'expiatory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expiatory [ a.]
- Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.

Meaning of 'expiatory' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expiatory [ a]
Meaning (1):
- having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
Example in sentence:
  • expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice