expiatory
Example Sentences
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But it is not to last�Stine is married to another, while Joachim is wedded only to his simple expiatory life.
From Time Magazine Archive
"After the great Christ paintings of the Renaissance, this is the first nonreligious painting of an expiatory personage, a self-sacrifice figure."
From Time Magazine Archive
As the state Librarian dryly explained: "It is an expiatory sacrifice to veracity, to good sense and true taste."
From Time Magazine Archive
When Ekkehard was performing his expiatory prayers, many thoughts and reflections on timely zeal, good will and other people's judgment thereon, crossed his mind.
From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
The mixture would enable her to sleep restfully until morning, and would give her strength for the expiatory ceremony.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne
