The Collaborative International Dictionary
Piacular
Piacular \Pi*ac"u*lar\, a. [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.]
Expiatory; atoning.
--Sir G. C. Lewis.Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. ``Piacular pollution.''
--De Quincey.
Wiktionary
piacular
a. 1 Requiring atonement or reparation; wicked or sinful. 2 expiatory.
Usage examples of "piacular".
Gods for that, thought Caesar, having no trouble in imagining who would constitute the piacular sacrifice.
Thank all the Gods for that, thought Caesar, having no trouble in imagining who would constitute the piacular sacrifice.
His feet grated on the gritty floor of the Bololo Commons, making a scritching sound that drew the attention of a soldier, one of the Piacular Legion who was slicing the air with a single-edged sword.