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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation;
- Example: "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
[syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Expiatory \Ex"pi*a*to*ry\, a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F.
   expiatoire.]
   Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an
   expiatory sacrifice.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

expiatory
    adj 1: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation
           or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
           [syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory]