Piacular

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Piacular \Pi*ac"u*lar\, a. [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.]
     1. Expiatory; atoning. --Sir G. C. Lewis.
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     2. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. "Piacular
        pollution." --De Quincey.


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