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piacularities

piacularities is the plural of piacularity.

Meaning of piacularity

Noun

piacularity (usually uncountable, plural piacularities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being piacular, of requiring atonement.
    • [I]t illustrates a profound but obscure idea of pagan ages, which is connected with the elementary glimpses of man into the abysses of his higher relations, and lurks mysteriously amongst what Milton so finely calls "the dark foundations" of our human nature. This notion, it is hard to express in...1849, Thomas De Quincey "The Theban Sphinx", page 141, The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, volume 6, edited by David Masson, published 1890, by A. & C. Black

Questions about piacularities

What is piacularities the plural of?
Piacularities is the plural of piacularity.

Words near piacularities in the dictionary

  1. Piacenzian
  2. piacle
  3. piacles
  4. piacula
  5. piacular
  6. piacularities
  7. piacularity
  8. piacularly
  9. piaculative
  10. piaculous
  11. piaculum

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