expiatory

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius. === Adjective === expiatory (comparative more expiatory, superlative most expiatory) Of or pertaining to expiation. 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory; by a sacrifice expiatory, or remissory. ==== Translations ====