expiatory

Adjective

Meaning

Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

propitiatory expiative physic votive penitent sacrificial apologetic conciliatory purging repentant emetic laxative purgative penitential expiable
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Antonyms

carper attacker perpetrator quiz assailant heckler
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Phrases with the word

expiatory offering expiatory sacrifice

Examples

expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice Source: Internet

Each hour of this day is the new suffering and the new effort of the expiatory suffering of the Savior. Source: Internet

In the historical context of church construction--in which France's Strasbourg Cathedral took almost 500 years to finish--Antoni Gaudí's Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, still being built after 135 years, is just a piker. Source: Internet

The bay laurel plant was used in expiatory sacrifices and in making the crown of victory at these games. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

expiative expiator expiatorious expiatory offering expiatory sacrifice expidite