expiatory

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The Pythagoreans enjoined religious ceremonies for the purpose of purifying the mind, and expiatory rites were common, especially in the Oriental religions.

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A great expiatory sacrifice succeeded in finally calming him.

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The oracle, being again consulted by Temenus, bade him offer an expiatory sacrifice and banish the murderer for ten years, and look out for a man with three eyes to act as guide.

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In the philosophy of Plato, on the other hand, punishment was chiefly expiatory and purificatory.

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I doubt whether a real distinction can be made between propitiatory and expiatory sacrifices.

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