expiatory

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōriuslbor. English expiatory Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin expiātōrius.

1. Of or pertaining to expiation.

   “18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory; by a sacrifice expiatory, or remissory.”