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piacle Now rare.|ˈpaɪək(ə)l|
[a. OF. piacle or ad. L. piaculum, f. piāre to appease: see -cule.]
†1. Expiation; expiatory offering. Obs.
1490Caxton Eneydos xxvii. 103 Telle her..that she brynge wyth her..the shepe..wyth the other pynacles [F. orig. pinacles] dedycated to the sacryfice. 1533Bellenden Livy ii. xvi. (S.T.S.) I. 194 We..mycht nocht haue purgit ws þarof bot alanerlie be þe sacrifice of piacle [orig. piaculum]. 1654R. Codrington tr. Iustine viii. 126 A Piacle for the sin committed. 1711G. Hickes Two Treat. Chr. Priesth. (1847) II. 164 The LXX..called the scape-goat..the piacular goat, because he was offered to be a piacle.
2. A wicked action which calls for expiation; a sin, crime, offence.
1644Howell Eng. Teares 178 To glut themselves with one another's bloud..can there be a greater piacle against nature? 1676Doctrine of Devils 77 Any Crime, Villany, or Piacle whatever. 1880F. Hall Doctor Indoctus 52 Talk of regicide, of cannibalism..or any other patibulary piacle.
†b. Offence, guilt. Obs.
1619Bp. J. King Serm. 11 Apr. 52 May I without piacle forget..what hee then did? a1657Lovelace Poems (1864) 213 One proclaims it piacle to be sad. |