† expiatoriousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= expiatory adj.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [adjective]
satisfactoryc1443
expiatory1548
satisfactorious1561
amendsful1605
piacular1606
atoning1609
expiative1641
ilastical1649
expiatorious1651
satisfactional1681
lustratory1738
piaculous1780
expiating1793
satisfactive1829
expiational1874
lustrative1875
piaculative1919
1651 Bp. J. Taylor Clerus Domini 48 The first grace, which in the Schools is understood onely to be expiatorious.
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