Meaning of PROPITIATORY
| Pronunciation: | | pru'pisheeu`towree
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- [adj] intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"
- [adj] having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
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| | Synonyms: | | conciliating, conciliative, conciliatory, expiative, expiatory, propitiative |
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\Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry\, a. [L. propitiatorius: cf. F.
propitiatoire.]
Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or
employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory
sacrifice. --Sharp.
\Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry\, n. [L. propitiatorium.]
(Jewish Antiq.)
The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the
propitiated Jehovah. --Bp. Pearson.
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