What is "atonements"

Usage examples of "atonements".

Still, as she began to read this book of taboos and atonements, she couldn't help noticing the pagan ring of its words, its author's obsession with sin, guilt, sacrifices, laws, rituals, its portrait of a primitive society with priests in the saddle and riding hard.

And they produce a host of books written by Musaeus and Orpheus, who were children of the Moon and the muses -- that is what they say -- according to which they perform their ritual, and persuade not only individuals, but whole cities, that expiations and atonements for sin may be made by sacrifices and amusements which fill a vacant hour, and are equally at the service of the living and the dead.

And they produce a host of books written by Musaeus and Or pheus, who were children of the Moon and the muses--that is what they say--according to which they perform their ritual, and persuade not only individuals, but whole cities, that expia tions and atonements for sin may be made by sacrifices and amusements which fill a vacant hour, and are equally at the service of the living and the dead.

Each damned soul should suffer the Atonements of his victims, according to the ancient convention.