piacular

adjective

pi·​ac·​u·​lar

(ˈ)pī¦akyələ(r)

1

: sacrificial, expiatory

required to make a piacular offering for their sins

2

: requiring expiation : sinful, heinous

piacular offense

piacularly adverb

piacularness noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

Latin piacularis, from piaculum + -aris -ar

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