expiatory sacrifice
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As the state Librarian dryly explained: "It is an expiatory sacrifice to veracity, to good sense and true taste."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the later books of the Maccabees we have this idea of the expiatory sacrifice and intercession of the ideal Israelite still retained, but degraded, probably under Greek influences.
From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles
A great expiatory sacrifice succeeded in finally calming him.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
Accordingly, some unfortunate man, in no respect more depraved than hundreds whose offences have been treated with lenity, is singled out as an expiatory sacrifice.
From Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
The motive is truly important; and when I divulge it my sole ambition and delight shall be to make an expiatory sacrifice for my transgression.
From The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees by Crawford, Mary Caroline
