expiatory

[ ek-spee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈɛk spi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

able to make atonement or expiation; offered by way of expiation: expiatory sacrifices.

Origin of expiatory

1540–50; <Late Latin expiātōrius, equivalent to expiā(re) (see expiate) + -tōrius-tory¹

OTHER WORDS FROM expiatory

non·ex·pi·a·to·ry, adjective

Words nearby expiatory

expert system, expert witness, expiable, expiate, expiation, expiatory, expiration, expiration date, expiratory, expiratory reserve volume, expiratory stridor

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Example sentences from the Web for expiatory

In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory.'
Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6)|Boswell
Very naively he offered heaven, by way of expiatory anguish, the abominable torment from which he was suffering.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille|Emile Zola
It was expiatory, and was accompanied by a moral reconstruction of society, a new beginning, with old scores wiped out.
Introduction to the History of Religions|Crawford Howell Toy
All the penalties inflicted by the Inquisition had this expiatory character.417 Some of them were of quite a trivial description.
Medival Heresy and the Inquisition|A. S. Turberville

Over it an expiatory chapel was built, with buildings adjoining, the whole forming a very beautiful structure.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil|David W. Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for expiatory

expiatory

/ (ˈɛkspɪətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

capable of making expiation

given or offered in expiation

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单词	expiatory
释义	expiatory [ ek-spee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] / ˈɛk spi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR expiatory ON THESAURUS.COM adjective able to make atonement or expiation; offered by way of expiation: expiatory sacrifices. Origin of expiatory 1540–50; <Late Latin expiātōrius, equivalent to expiā(re) (see expiate) + -tōrius-tory¹ OTHER WORDS FROM expiatory non·ex·pi·a·to·ry, adjective Words nearby expiatory expert system, expert witness, expiable, expiate, expiation, expiatory, expiration, expiration date, expiratory, expiratory reserve volume, expiratory stridor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for expiatory In contrition I stood, and I hope the penance was expiatory.' Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6)\|Boswell Very naively he offered heaven, by way of expiatory anguish, the abominable torment from which he was suffering. Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille\|Emile Zola It was expiatory, and was accompanied by a moral reconstruction of society, a new beginning, with old scores wiped out. Introduction to the History of Religions\|Crawford Howell Toy All the penalties inflicted by the Inquisition had this expiatory character.417 Some of them were of quite a trivial description. Medival Heresy and the Inquisition\|A. S. Turberville Over it an expiatory chapel was built, with buildings adjoining, the whole forming a very beautiful structure. Paris: With Pen and Pencil\|David W. Bartlett British Dictionary definitions for expiatory expiatory / (ˈɛkspɪətərɪ, -trɪ) / adjective capable of making expiation given or offered in expiation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to expiatory propitiatory, conciliatory, lustral, lustrative, purgatorial, purificatory, atonable, expiable, propitiative
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expiatory

adjective

Origin of expiatory

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Example sentences from the Web for expiatory

British Dictionary definitions for expiatory

adjective

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