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Webster 1913 Edition

Expiatory

Ex′pi-a-to-ry

,

Adj.

[L.

expiatorius

: cf. F.

expiatoire

.]

Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning;

as, an

expiatory

sacrifice

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Expiatory

EX'PIATORY

,

Adj.

Having the power to make atonement or expiation; as an expiatory sacrifice.