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Definition of Piacula

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Piacular
Piacular Pi*ac"u*lar, a. [L. piacularis: cf. F. piaculaire.] 1. Expiatory; atoning. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. Requiring expiation; criminal; atrociously bad. ``Piacular pollution.' --De Quincey.
Piacularity
Piacularity Pi*ac`u*lar"i*ty, n. The quality or state of being piacular; criminality; wickedness. --De Quincey.

Meaning of Piacula from wikipedia

- goddess of flowers, vegetation, and fertility, she received sacrifices (piacula) in the sacred grove of the Arval Brothers, an archaic priesthood. Her...
- Despectus multis tamen ille, salutis amore, Arguet et nostra commissa piacula culpa. Cuius honos constans, et gloria certa manebit. The highest and dearest...
- inferias Marius forsan nolentibus umbris / pendit inexpleto non fanda piacula busto, / ... vidimus. Hic aures, alius spiramina naris aduncae / am****t;...