expiatory

a. 赎罪的, 抵偿的

词形变化

more expiatory 比较级 most expiatory 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    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.

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同义词 2

expiative propitiatory

词源

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius.

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