Found 2 items, similar to expiatory.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: expiatory expiatory adj : having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; “expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice” [syn: expiative, propitiatory]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Expiatory Expiatory \Ex"pi*a*to*ry\, a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.] Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice. [1913 Webster]