Etymology

piacularity

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Today it means: The quality of being piacular, of requiring atonement. Full definition →

Latin piaculariter
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  1. Latin · derived frompiaculariter“by way of atonement; sinfully”
  2. English todaypiacularity

From Latin piaculariter (“by way of atonement; sinfully”), piacularius (“atoning, expiatory”) from piaculo (“to appease or propitiate with an offering”). See pius (“dutiful”).

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