Piacular

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  • adjective. Making expiation or atonement for a sacrilege.
  • adjective. Requiring expiation; wicked or blameworthy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Expiatory; having power to atone: as, piacular rites.
  • Requiring expiation; blameworthy; criminal; sinful; wicked.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Expiatory; atoning.
  • adjective. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Requiring atonement or reparation; wicked or sinful.
  • adjective. Expiatory.
  • Word Usage
    "Exactly right, Arnold, on the piacular health care proposals."
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