expiatory offering
Example Sentences
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Hence the followers of sacrifice read, "One who keeps up a sacrificial fire, on using an incorrect word, should offer an expiatory offering to Saraswatí."
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava
Caesar's death might be regarded as a sacrifice, an expiatory offering for the sins of the nation; and the divided parties might embrace in virtue of the atonement.
From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony
I fancy it has been used to hold something, perhaps a bracelet, which this Myro gave to Venus as an expiatory offering, for Myro was an unlucky lover.
From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by M?rim?e, Prosper
It was proposed to burn it, but mark the reply; they advise not only to send it back, but also to offer an expiatory offering for the sin of the warriors.
From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles
It is left for me—I, who am the last of them, to put up some expiatory offering, I expect.
From The Man and the Moment by Glyn, Elinor
