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Definition of Piacular
1. a. Expiatory; atoning.
Definition of Piacular
1. Adjective. Requiring atonement or reparation; wicked or sinful. ¹
2. Adjective. Expiatory. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piacular
1. atoning [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piacular
Literary usage of Piacular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review (1859)
"The law, he says, does not direct that the blood of the piacular victim should be
... The typical nature of piacular sacrifices lies, we have said, ..."
2. The difficulties of Romanism by George Stanley Faber (1830)
"... was a practice ALWAYS received in the Church Catholic : and they pronounce,
that the propitiatory quality of the Eucharist, as a piacular sacrifice both ..."
3. Two Dissertations on Sacrifices: The First on All the Sacrifices of the Jews by William Owtram (1828)
"The Oblation by which Christ presented himself to God in Heaven, as a piacular
Victim previously slain for our Sins. Arguments to show that Christ did this ..."
4. Horæ Mosaicæ: Or, A Dissertation on the Credibility and Theology of the by George Stanley Faber (1818)
"The sacrifice however of the paschal lamb is clearly a piacular sacrifice, ...
Therefore the sacrifice of Christ must similarly be a piacular sacrifice, ..."
5. The doctrine of holy Scripture respecting the Atonement by Thomas Jackson Crawford (1871)
"Levitical sacrifices were piacular. ... The divine institution of the Levitical
sacrifices being thus evident, we proceed to show their piacular character. ..."
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