substitute
noun
a person or thing acting or serving in place of another.
substitutionary
-
a word derived from
substitute.
Example Sentences
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My sense is that Paul would have found the substitutionary model degrading, a small version of what Easter means.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2019
A colleague of hers said the film seemed to assume the theory of substitutionary atonement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anselm's formulation, often called substitutionary atonement, has been restated in countless ways over the centuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Is it any more than an illustration of His substitutionary work, one instance out of many of His habit of self-devotion in the room of others?
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods
Words used in all simplicity by the ancient writers must have attached to them the definite polemical meaning they hold in the quarrels of theologians, before they can be strained into supporting a substitutionary atonement.
From My Path to Atheism by Annie Wood Besant
