different between expiatory vs atonement

English

Adjective

expiatory (comparative more expiatory, superlative most expiatory)

1. Of or pertaining to expiation.
   • 18 January 1549, Hugh Latimer, Sermon of the Plough

     They would have us saved by a daily oblation propitiatory; by a sacrifice expiatory, or remissory.

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Etymology

Perhaps from atone +? -ment as translation of Medieval Latin ad?n?mentum; however, the noun is found earlier than the verb (atone); and in this light, the proper etymology is at +? onement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??to?nm?nt/

Noun

atonement (countable and uncountable, plural atonements)

1. Making amends to restore a damaged relationship; expiation.

   • When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement he can make for it is, to warn others.

   • 1697-1698, John Potter, Archaeologia Graeca

     The Phocians behaved themselves with so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense.

2. (theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.
3. (archaic) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; concord.

Derived terms

• blood atonement
• limited atonement
• vicarious atonement

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See also

• penance, penitance, expiation, reconciliation, conciliation
• Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday)
• adunatio (Church Latin)
• atonement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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