| Definition of 'propitiatory' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) expiatory, expiative, propitiatory
having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
"expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
2. (adj) propitiative, propitiatory
intended to reconcile or appease
"sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"
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| Definition of 'propitiatory' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) propitiatory
having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice
2. (noun) propitiatory
the mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah
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