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.

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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

expertism, expertize, expiable, expiate, expiation, expiatory, expiration, expiration date, expiratory, expiratory reserve volume, expiratory stridor
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Words related to expiatory

propitiatory, conciliatory, lustral, purgatorial, conciliative, expiable

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British Dictionary definitions for expiatory

expiatory
/ (ˈɛkspɪətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

capable of making expiation
given or offered in expiation
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