expiation

• Let us choose the way of expiation, and place ourselves in Kushiel's hand. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
• Then the father, having made certain sacrifices of expiation--which are performed to this day in the house of Horatius--set up a beam across the way and covered his son's head, and led him beneath it. —  Stories From Livy
• That would be a part of his expiation, the purifying fire that may consume the dross of his nature. —  The Essentials of Spirituality
• "[181 Porphyry says The souls that are not destined for the tortures of hell (_Tartarus_), and those that have passed through this expiation, are born again, and divine Justice gives them a new body, in accordance with their merits and demerits. —  Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution
• Fourth, the sacrifice of expiation which is offered by all men and is killed in their temples. —  Modern Persia

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