Piacular

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:59:37

Pi*ac"u*lar (?), a. [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.]

1.

Expiatory; atoning.

Sir G. C. Lewis.

2.

Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad.

"Piacular pollution."

De Quincey.

 

© Webster 1913.

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