piacular

Definitions

1. Requiring atonement or reparation: wicked, sinful, bad.
2. Expiatory; serving to atone.

Examples

“And while we think⟳ it ſo piaculous, to go beyond the Ancients; we muſt neceſſarily come⟳ ſhort of genuine Antiquity, Truth; unleſs we ſuppoſe them to have⟳ reach'd perfection of Knowlege in ſpight of their own⟳ acknowledgments of Ignorance.”

“The piacular sacrifice arose from the need⟳ of atoning for bloodshed within the kinship group ; properly speaking, the culprit himself should suffer⟳ : should he be unknown or beyond the reach⟳ of vengeance, a substitute had to be found[…]”

“The distinction between clean⟳ and unclean beasts and birds was made, a distinction which has its principal significance in reference to a piacular offering. Not any and everything may be offered as an atonement, but only that which is [clean⟳].”

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