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piacular
CIDE DICTIONARY
piacular, a. [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.].
- Expiatory; atoning. Sir G. C. Lewis. [1913 Webster]
- Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
piacular, adj. formal 1 expiatory.
2 needing expiation.
2 needing expiation.
Etymology
L piacularis f. piaculum expiation f. piare appease
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