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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPIATORY

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPIATORY

Ex "pi *a *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire. ]

 

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