piacular

/pahy-ak-yuh-ler/US // paɪˈæk yə lər //UK // (paɪˈækjʊlə) //

黄道吉日,黄道几内亚,黄褐色,黄道带

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : expiatory; atoning; reparatory.
- : requiring expiation; sinful or wicked.

Where, on the other hand, the victim is a fellow tribesman, the sacrifice is expiatory or piacular.
Piacular, pī-ak′ū-lar, adj. serving to appease, expiatory: requiring expiation: atrociously bad.
The Carnea appears to have been at once agrarian, military and piacular in character.
Henry Williams was thus marked out more distinctly than ever as the piacular victim or scapegoat of the mission.
Mourning offers us a first and important example of piacular rites.