† piacularityn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Expiatory nature or character.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > [noun] > expiatory character
piacularity1818
1818 G. S. Faber Horæ Mosaicæ (ed. 2) II. 268 The essence of its being a sacrifice does not consist in the outward act of burning; but in the piacularity of the intention.
2. Wickedness, criminality.
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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
1856 T. De Quincey Memorials & Other Papers II. 237 What Milton so finely calls ‘the dark foundations’ of our human nature... In Latin it was called piacularity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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