expiatory

[ ek-spee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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adjective
  1. able to make atonement or expiation; offered by way of expiation: expiatory sacrifices.

Origin of expiatory

1
1540–50; <Late Latin expiātōrius, equivalent to expiā(re) (see expiate) + -tōrius-tory1

Other words from expiatory

  • non·ex·pi·a·to·ry, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for expiatory

expiatory

/ (ˈɛkspɪətərɪ, -trɪ) /


adjective
  1. capable of making expiation

  2. given or offered in expiation

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