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
Anselm's formulation, often called substitutionary atonement, has been restated in countless ways over the centuries.
From Time Magazine Archive
A colleague of hers said the film seemed to assume the theory of substitutionary atonement.
From Time Magazine Archive
I could not be disrated, as I was only a cabin-boy, but a substitutionary penalty was invoked against me.
From Windjammers and Sea Tramps by Runciman, Walter
This was the basis of fact on which the substitutionary character of Christ's sufferings and death in the Atonement was asserted.
From The Atonement and the Modern Mind by Denney, James
