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Definition of Atonement

Atonement
Atonement A*tone"ment, n. Day of Atonement (Jewish Antiq.), the only fast day of the Mosaic ritual, celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month (Tisri), according to the rites described in Leviticus xvi. Atrium A"tri*um, n. (Anat.) A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc.
Atonement
Atonement A*tone"ment, n. 1. (Literally, a setting at one.) Reconciliation; restoration of friendly relations; agreement; concord. [Archaic] By whom we have now received the atonement. --Rom. v. 11. He desires to make atonement Betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers. --Shak. 2. Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ. When a man has been guilty of any vice, the best atonement be can make for it is, to warn others. --Spectator. The Phocians behaved with, so much gallantry, that they were thought to have made a sufficient atonement for their former offense. --Potter.

Meaning of Atonement from wikipedia

- religion, atonement is "a spiritual concept which has been studied since time immemorial in Biblical and Kabbalistic texts", while "[s]tories of atonement are...
- HaKippurim, 'day [of] the atonements'. This name is used in the Bible, Mishnah, and Shulchan Aruch. The word kippurim 'atonement' is one of many Biblical...
- atoned for by Jesus's death. Calvinists do not believe, however, that the atonement is limited in its value or power, but rather that the atonement is...
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- 2005. 322–36. Atonement on McEwan's official website Ian McEwan discusses Atonement on the BBC World Book Club Portal:  Books "McEwan's Atonement"....
- Blood atonement was a doctrine in the history of Mormonism still adhered to by some fundamentalist splinter groups, under which the atonement of Jesus...
- called penal substitutionary atonement or, sometimes, esp. in older writings, called forensic theory) is a theory of the atonement within Protestant Christian...
- Substitutionary atonement, also called vicarious atonement, is a central concept within Western Protestant Christian theology which ****erts that Jesus...
- Look up atonement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Atonement is the concept of a person taking action to correct previous wrongdoing on their part...
- The Atoning is a 2017 American supernatural horror independent film written and directed by Michael Williams. Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family...