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Purgatorian :: Purgatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to purgatory; expiatory.

Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory..

Propitiatory :: Propitiatory (a.) Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice..

Expiatorious :: Expiatorious (a.) Of an expiatory nature; expiatory.

Expiation :: Expiation (n.) The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.

Penance :: Penance (n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church..

Expiatory :: Expiatory (a.) Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice..

Purgatory :: Purgatory (a.) Tending to cleanse; cleansing; expiatory.

Piacular :: Piacular (a.) Expiatory; atoning.

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