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(historical) A person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by means of eating a piece of bread, laid for him on the breast of the dead one.
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sin eater
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Source Word
sin eater
Noun
historical
Japanese Meaning
(歴史的な意味)死者の罪を自身が引き受けるとされ、亡くなった人の胸に置かれたパンを食べることで、その罪を移し受けると信じられていた人物
( plural )