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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.