lustratoryadj.
/ˈlʌstrətəri/ rare.
Lustral, expiatory.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [adjective]
satisfactoryc1443
expiatory1548
satisfactorious1561
amendsful1605
piacular1606
atoning1609
expiative1641
ilastical1649
expiatorious1651
satisfactional1681
lustratory1738
piaculous1780
expiating1793
satisfactive1829
expiational1874
lustrative1875
piaculative1919
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Lustration Lustrations, and lustratory sacrifices were not only performed for men, but also for temples.
a1883 E. FitzGerald Sp. Paullus Æmilius in Blackwood's Mag. (1889) Nov. 632 To Delphi; where to the presiding God A lustratory Sacrifice I made.
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