¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expiators
1. expiator [n] - See also: expiator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expiators
Literary usage of Expiators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"We should be, by the very duty of our state, the public expiators for the sins
of the world. But which wr.s the thin^ dominant in our lives —expiation or ..."
2. The Christian Society by George Davis Herron (1894)
"... then the forgiveness of sin becomes a real experience, a moral fact, a working
force in our life ; then we become expiators, sin-bearers, ..."
3. The New York Times Current History of the European War (1915)
"We should be, by the very duty of our state, the public expiators for the sins
of the world. But which was the thing dominant in our lives —expiation or our ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1877)
"So the gods educated men for this high purpose, to be the expiators of their
crime ; and their object was to be attained when they had lost themselves in ..."
5. Handbook of the European War by Corinne Bacon (1916)
"We should be, by the very duty of our state, the public expiators for the sins
of the world. But which was the thing dominant in our lives—expiation or our ..."
Other Resources:
