Usually means: Absorbs others' sins through ritual.
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  1. sin-eater: Wiktionary
  2. Sin-Eater, Sin-eater: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. sin-eater: Merriam-Webster
  4. sin-eater: Wordnik

Definitions from Wiktionary (Sin-eater)

noun:  Alternative form of sin eater [(historical) A person (usually a man) who is supposed to take sins of a deceased person upon himself by eating a piece of bread laid on the breast of the corpse.]

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