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Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.

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  1. a. Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.
  2. adj. having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
  3. Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.
  4. Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, anexpiatory sacrifice.
  5. a. having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation