piacular
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pi·ac·u·lar
(pī-ăk'yə-lər) 
adj.
adj.
- Making expiation or atonement for a sacrilege: piacular sacrifice.
- Requiring expiation; wicked or blameworthy.
[Latin piāculāris, from piāculum, propitiatory sacrifice, from piāre, to appease, from pius, dutiful.]
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- Bad, False, Evil, Insincere, or Dishonest
- Practice and Doctrine - piacular: (adj) making atonement
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