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Definition of Expiative
1. Adjective. Having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation. "Expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
Derivative terms: Expiate, Expiate
Partainyms: Expiation, Expiation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expiative
Literary usage of Expiative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Christian Theology by Cornelius Walker (1894)
"Ordinarily, too, the expiative preceded the others, and was needed as rendering
these others acceptable. In other words, under Divine direction and in a ..."
2. The Works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson, Henry Francis Brownson (1887)
"If their punishment is purely vindictive, not expiative, how can you reconcile
it with the love, ... Is the punishment vindictive or simply expiative ? 3. ..."
3. Bibliotheca Sacra and American Biblical Repository (1852)
"a similar diversity of expiative acts. In the sin-offering of the high priest or
of the ... That the diversity of the material and of the expiative acts had ..."
4. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches by Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"... is accredited barbarous-latin for most pious, but means properly most expiative;
by which title the zealous individual of later date indicates his ..."
5. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Including the Supplement to the by Oliver Cromwell (1859)
"... is accredited barbarous-latin for most pious, but means properly most expiative;
by which title the zealous individual of later date indicates his ..."
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