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expiation|ɛkspɪˈeɪʃən|
[ad. L. expiātiōn-em, n. of action f. expiāre to expiate.]
1. The action of expiating or making atonement for (crime, etc.). in expiation (of): for the purpose of expiating. to make expiation: to atone. Also, the condition or state of being expiated.
1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 68 The recompensacyon and expyacyon of the grete and longe schrewdenes and cursydnes. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. 146 The sacrifice of expiation is that which tendeth to appease the wrath of God. 1611Speed Theat. Gt. Brit. (1614) 141/2 The Abbey..at Dublin, builded..in expiation of the murther of Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury. 1681–6J. Scott Chr. Life (1747) III. 101 He made Expiation for our Sins on the Cross. 1796Burke Regic. Peace iii. Wks. VIII. 297 Modes of expiation..devised by anxious, restless guilt. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xx, I will found masses for his soul, in expiation of my guilt. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. i. xii. 156 A more complete expiation..might be necessary before the avenging spirit..could be pacified.
b. Fast (or Feast) of Expiation: a ceremony observed by the Jews on the 10th day of Tisri, at which the High Priest made expiation for his own sins and the sins of the people. Day of Expiation: the day set apart for this observance; = ‘Day of Atonement’. Also Expiation-Day.
1674Blount Glossogr., The Feast of Expiation. a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 317 God no Command for Fasts wou'd lay, But on their [Jews'] Expiation-Day. a1713Sharp Serm. Matt. xii. Wks. 1754 III. xi. 201 The solemn day of expiation, which came once a year. 1886Whitaker's Almanack 9 [Jewish Calendar], Oct. 9 Fast of Expiation 5647 Tisri 10.
c. The action of ceremonially purifying from guilt or pollution.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 376/1 The ceremonies of the expiacion or purgyng of the tabernacle. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 264 The Gentiles had Rites for the expiation of Infants.
d. The action of averting portended evil by religious means.
1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) IX. xx. i. 6 By expiation of prodigies and various sacrifices offered to the gods.
†e. Propitiation (of a deity). Obs. rare—1.
1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 383 That conformity of Customs that the Gauls had with them [the Phœnicians] in sacrificing men for expiation of God.
2. The means by which atonement (for a crime or offence) is made; something done, or a rite observed, for the purpose of expiating.
1538Bale Thre Lawes 832 Offerynges & expiacyons. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. i. 339 Some have conceived it [Forbidden fruit] a Vine, in the mystery of whose fruit lay the expiation of the Transgression. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. II. v. 30 To demand a certain number of human victims as an expiation for their guilt. 1828Scott F.M. Perth vi, The only expiation would be that thou shouldst come a mile into the Low Country. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iv. 348 The payment of money was ever welcomed as the ready expiation of crime.
b. A rite intended to avert portended evil.
a1627Sir J. Hayward K. Edw. VI (1630) 167 Vpon birth of such monsters, the Grecians..did vse diuerse sorts of expiations.
Hence expiˈational a., pertaining to expiation.
1874Bushnell Forgiveness & Law 91 The most intensely expiational form of christianity. |