expiatory

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōriuslbor.

English expiatory

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius.

Adjective

expiatory (comparative more expiatory, superlative most expiatory)

1. 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

of or pertaining to expiation

• Bulgarian: изкупителен (izkupitelen)
• Catalan: expiatori
• Finnish: sovittava (fi), sovitus-
• French: expiatoire (fr)
• Hungarian: vezeklő (hu), vezekléses
• Italian: espiatorio (it)
• Polish: pokutniczy
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: искупи́тельный (ru) (iskupítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: expiatorio (es)