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  • noun Plural form of atonement.

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  • The noun appears as a plural, kippurim (lit. "atonements").

    By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog 2008

  • The noun appears as a plural, kippurim (lit. "atonements").

    By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog 2008

  • But not all the relief that could come from man, not all the bounties that the prince could bestow, nor all the atonements which could be presented to the gods, availed to relieve Nero from the infamy of being believed to have ordered the conflagration, the fire of Rome.

    Atheist Bus Campaign « The Justgiving Blog 2008

  • But not all the relief that could come from man, not all the bounties that the prince could bestow, nor all the atonements which could be presented to the gods, availed to relieve Nero from the infamy of being believed to have ordered the conflagration, the fire of Rome.

    Atheist Bus Campaign « The Justgiving Blog 2008

  • Apologies are our day-to-day atonements, and lately it seems to me that they're tossed off reflexively, sometimes in the midst of the bad act itself; people seem to think they can leaven misbehavior with a shrug and a "sorry."

    Karen Stabiner: Yom Kippur: Atonement 2008

  • And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • In a highly publicized and controversial series of atonements, Murdoch had his companies publish a book by Deng Xiaoping's daughter; cancel another book, about Hong Kong, that was likely to provoke the Chinese; and drop the BBC World Service, with its independent news broadcasts, from the Star TV lineup.

    The Age of Murdoch 2003

  • In a highly publicized and controversial series of atonements, Murdoch had his companies publish a book by Deng Xiaoping's daughter; cancel another book, about Hong Kong, that was likely to provoke the Chinese; and drop the BBC World Service, with its independent news broadcasts, from the Star TV lineup.

    The Age of Murdoch 2003

  • John Falstaff have committed disparagements unto you, I am of the church, and will be glad to do my benevolence to make atonements and compremises between you.

    The Merry Wives of Windsor 2004

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