piacularadj.

Brit.

/pʌɪˈakjᵿlə/, U.S.

/paɪˈækjələr/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin piāculāris.

Etymology: < classical Latin piāculāris expiatory, requiring expiation < piāculum piaculum n. + -āris -ar suffix¹. Compare French piaculaire (1573 in Middle French in an apparently isolated attestation; subsequently from 1752).

1. Making expiation or atonement; expiatory.

ΘΚΠ

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

1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices iii. 156 With shedding the blood of certaine vile persons, as sacrifices piacular against publike hatred.

1648 J. Owen Death of Death iii. vii. 139 He made his soule an offering for sinne, a piacular sacrifice.

1722 R. Blackmore Redemption iii. 161 These out of pompous rituals, slaughter'd beasts, Piacular lustrations, sacred feasts, Dances and shews and sports religion fram'd.

1739 Burkitt's Expos. Notes New Test. (ed. 11) Matt. xx. 28 Their piacular Victims were Ransoms for the Life of the Offender.

1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 239 [They] do not seem..to have sufficiently attended to the distinction between eucharistic and piacular sacrifices.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xi. 143 The great brazen altar of burnt-offering, where piacular or bloody offerings were alone presented.

1910 J. C. Lawson Mod. Greek Folklore & Anc. Greek Relig. The commonly accepted classification of ancient sacrifices recognises three main groups—the sacramental, the honorific, and the piacular.

1996 D. F. Wallace Supposedly Fun Thing (1997) 292 Ragged-necked Lebanese heads were even at that moment rolling down various corridors in piacular recompense for my having to carry my own bag.

2. Requiring or calling for expiation; sinful, wicked, culpable. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > [adjective]

plightfula1400

piacular1610

sinning1610

peccable1633

peccant1633

piaculary1646

piaculous1646

peccaminous1656

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [adjective]

sinfulc825

sinnyc950

plightfula1400

sin-soiled1593

peccant1604

sin-sick1609

piacular1610

sinning1610

peccable1633

Adamical1642

piaculary1646

piaculous1646

peccaminous1656

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence

sinfulc1175

faulty1548

slanderous1554

offensible1575

offenciousa1593

piacular1610

peccable1633

piaculous1646

transgressive1646

piacularly1818

1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 79 If it were not piacular for you to reade ought of his.

1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xx. 175 They held it piacular to eat with sinners.

1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 16 To add to or alter the instruments or modes, was almost piacular.

1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 70/1 He..left no stone unturned to cleanse his little..fold from its piacular pollution.

1993 Washington Times (Nexis) 28 Jan. (Final ed.) g2 Not even your very fine commemorative section was enough to counter the piacular nature of that front page ‘banner’.

Derivatives

piˈacularly adv. rare as an expiatory or atoning sacrifice.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [adverb] > on account of sin

piacularly1818

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence

sinfulc1175

faulty1548

slanderous1554

offensible1575

offenciousa1593

piacular1610

peccable1633

piaculous1646

transgressive1646

piacularly1818

1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 260 The goat..was devoted as a sin-offering..by its being piacularly slain.

1904 Man 4 31 Robertson-Smith assumed..that the sacred animals of the mysteries and those offered piacularly bore a totemistic character.

† piacularness n. Obsolete rare wickedness, sinfulness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > criminality > [noun]

criminality1611

criminalnessa1660

piacularness1702

piacularity1856

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > quality of being (a) criminal

criminality1611

criminalty1630

criminousness1645

criminalnessa1660

piacularness1702

criminosity1727

piacularity1856

1702 H. Dodwell Apol. in S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus sig. b5^v That Philosopher makes the Piacularness of a violent Death to consist in its being without the consent of the Guardian Genius.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piacular
释义	piacularadj. Brit. /pʌɪˈakjᵿlə/, U.S. /paɪˈækjələr/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin piāculāris. Etymology: < classical Latin piāculāris expiatory, requiring expiation < piāculum piaculum n. + -āris -ar suffix¹. Compare French piaculaire (1573 in Middle French in an apparently isolated attestation; subsequently from 1752). 1. Making expiation or atonement; expiatory. ΘΚΠ 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 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices iii. 156 With shedding the blood of certaine vile persons, as sacrifices piacular against publike hatred. 1648 J. Owen Death of Death iii. vii. 139 He made his soule an offering for sinne, a piacular sacrifice. 1722 R. Blackmore Redemption iii. 161 These out of pompous rituals, slaughter'd beasts, Piacular lustrations, sacred feasts, Dances and shews and sports religion fram'd. 1739 Burkitt's Expos. Notes New Test. (ed. 11) Matt. xx. 28 Their piacular Victims were Ransoms for the Life of the Offender. 1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 239 [They] do not seem..to have sufficiently attended to the distinction between eucharistic and piacular sacrifices. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xi. 143 The great brazen altar of burnt-offering, where piacular or bloody offerings were alone presented. 1910 J. C. Lawson Mod. Greek Folklore & Anc. Greek Relig. The commonly accepted classification of ancient sacrifices recognises three main groups—the sacramental, the honorific, and the piacular. 1996 D. F. Wallace Supposedly Fun Thing (1997) 292 Ragged-necked Lebanese heads were even at that moment rolling down various corridors in piacular recompense for my having to carry my own bag. 2. Requiring or calling for expiation; sinful, wicked, culpable. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > [adjective] plightfula1400 piacular1610 sinning1610 peccable1633 peccant1633 piaculary1646 piaculous1646 peccaminous1656 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [adjective] sinfulc825 sinnyc950 plightfula1400 sin-soiled1593 peccant1604 sin-sick1609 piacular1610 sinning1610 peccable1633 Adamical1642 piaculary1646 piaculous1646 peccaminous1656 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence sinfulc1175 faulty1548 slanderous1554 offensible1575 offenciousa1593 piacular1610 peccable1633 piaculous1646 transgressive1646 piacularly1818 1610 Bp. J. Hall Common Apol. against Brownists 79 If it were not piacular for you to reade ought of his. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ xx. 175 They held it piacular to eat with sinners. 1728 R. North Mem. Musick (1846) 16 To add to or alter the instruments or modes, was almost piacular. 1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 70/1 He..left no stone unturned to cleanse his little..fold from its piacular pollution. 1993 Washington Times (Nexis) 28 Jan. (Final ed.) g2 Not even your very fine commemorative section was enough to counter the piacular nature of that front page ‘banner’. Derivatives piˈacularly adv. rare as an expiatory or atoning sacrifice. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [adverb] > on account of sin piacularly1818 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [adjective] > transgressing or offending > of the nature of a fault or offence sinfulc1175 faulty1548 slanderous1554 offensible1575 offenciousa1593 piacular1610 peccable1633 piaculous1646 transgressive1646 piacularly1818 1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 260 The goat..was devoted as a sin-offering..by its being piacularly slain. 1904 Man 4 31 Robertson-Smith assumed..that the sacred animals of the mysteries and those offered piacularly bore a totemistic character. † piacularness n. Obsolete rare wickedness, sinfulness. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > criminality > [noun] criminality1611 criminalnessa1660 piacularness1702 piacularity1856 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > quality of being (a) criminal criminality1611 criminalty1630 criminousness1645 criminalnessa1660 piacularness1702 criminosity1727 piacularity1856 1702 H. Dodwell Apol. in S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus sig. b5^v That Philosopher makes the Piacularness of a violent Death to consist in its being without the consent of the Guardian Genius. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1606
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