a. rare. [f. expiāt- ppl. stem of expiāre to EXPIATE + -IVE.] Tending or adapted to expiate.
1641. R. Baillie, Parallel of Lit. with Mass-bk., 92. An expiative Purgatorie wherein by the prayers of the living the sinnes of the dead are put away.
a. rare. [f. expiāt- ppl. stem of expiāre to EXPIATE + -IVE.] Tending or adapted to expiate.
1641. R. Baillie, Parallel of Lit. with Mass-bk., 92. An expiative Purgatorie wherein by the prayers of the living the sinnes of the dead are put away.
