| 单词 | expiatory |
| 释义 | expiatory (once / 20773 pages) adj WORD FAMILY expiate: expiable, expiated, expiates, expiating, expiation, expiative, expiatory+/expiable: inexpiable/expiation: expiations/inexpiable: inexpiably USAGE EXAMPLESThe Pythagoreans enjoined religious ceremonies for the purpose of purifying the mind, and expiatory rites were common, especially in the Oriental religions. Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, History of European Morals From Aug...(2012) A great expiatory sacrifice succeeded in finally calming him. Various, The Contemporary Review, Volume 36,...(2012) At this the marchioness arose and performed an expiatory sacrifice, and it appeared, on consulting the oracle, that Oromasis was satisfied. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012) adj having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice Syn expiative, propitiatory |
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