EXPIATORY


Meaning of EXPIATORY in English

/ek"spee euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.

able to make atonement or expiation; offered by way of expiation: expiatory sacrifices.

[ 1540-50; expiatorius, equiv. to expia ( re ) (see EXPIATE) + -torius -TORY 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .