piacular

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Requiring atonement or reparation: wicked, sinful, bad.
    — 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.
  2. Expiatory; serving to atone.
    — 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[…]

词形变化

more piacular comparative most piacular superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
piacularly

词源

Early 17th century, from French piaculaire, from Latin piacularis, derived from piaculum, from piō (“to appease, purify, expiate”) +-culum (instrumental suffix).
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