expiatory
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius.
Adjective
[edit]expiatory (comparative more expiatory, superlative most expiatory)
- Of or pertaining to expiation.
- 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough
- They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory; by a sacrifice expiatory, or remissory.
- 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough
Translations
[edit]of or pertaining to expiation
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