English Explanatory Dictionary

piacularity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being piacular, of requiring atonement.

Word forms

piacularity piacularities

Etymology

From Latin piaculariter (“by way of atonement; sinfully”), piacularius (“atoning, expiatory”) from piaculo (“to appease or propitiate with an offering”). See pius (“dutiful”).

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