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Definition of Expiations
1. expiation [n] - See also: expiation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expiations
Literary usage of Expiations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"... such a concert be- Í expiations for social crimes ? fore the ignorant and
brutal vulgar, lest j That which should ensure to its minis- their instruments ..."
2. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"When they see Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations
weak, The blood of bulls and goats, they may conclude Some blood more ..."
3. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1865)
"expiations AND PROCESSION 4. (END OF 1534 AND BEGINNING or 1535.) AN expiation
was required for the purification of ..."
4. History of the Reformation in Europe in the Time of Calvin by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1880)
"expiations AND PROCESSION*. (END OF 1534 AMI BEGINNING or 1535.) AN expiation
was required for the purification of France —solemn ceremonies, sacrifices, ..."
5. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race by Karl Otfried Müller (1830)
"versal occurrence to the expiations which the religion of Apollo enjoined for
each pollution of blood". We previously noticed some establishments of this ..."
6. Indo-Aryans: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and by Raja Rājendralāla Mitra (1881)
"Muham- madan addiction to them. Ancient Indo-Aryans' attachment In them.
Prohibition by S'ukra A'charya. Do. by Krishna. Do. in the Smritis. expiations. ..."
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