'Expiatory' definitions:
Definition of 'expiatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" [syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory]
Definition of 'Expiatory'
From: GCIDE
- Expiatory \Ex"pi*a*to*ry\, a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.] Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice. [1913 Webster]