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Meaning of PIACULAR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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