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  • 1atoning — index compensatory, penitent, repentant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Atoning — Atone A*tone ([.a]*t[=o]n ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Atoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Atoning}.] [From at one,, i. e., to be, or cause to be, at one. See {At one}.] 1. To agree; to be in accordance; to accord. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He and Aufidius can no… …

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  • 3atoning — a·tone || É™ təʊn v. redress, do penance, appease, make amends …

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  • 5Blood atonement — This article is about the concept in Mormonism. For the blood atonement of Jesus, see Passion (Christianity). For blood atonement in the context of Israelite animal sacrifice, see Korban. Execution by firing squad of John D. Lee for his role in… …

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  • 8Apostolic Church (denomination) — The Apostolic Church is a Pentecostal Christian denomination which can trace its origins back to the 1904 1905 Welsh Revival. Despite the relatively recent origin of the denomination, the church seeks to stand for first century Christianity in… …

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  • 9Investigative judgment — The Investigative Judgment is a unique Seventh day Adventist doctrine, which asserts that a judgment of professed Christian believers has been in progress since 1844. The doctrine is intimately related to the history of the Seventh day Adventist… …

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  • 10piacular — piacularly, adv. piacularness, n. /puy ak yeuh leuhr/, adj. 1. expiatory; atoning; reparatory. 2. requiring expiation; sinful or wicked. [1600 10; < L piacularis atoning, equiv. to piacul(um) a means of atoning (pia(re) to appease, deriv. of pius …

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