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propitiatory

[ pruh-pish-ee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. serving or intended to propitiate.
  2. making propitiation; conciliatory.


propitiatory

/ əˈɪʃɪəəɪ /

adjective

  1. designed or intended to propitiate; conciliatory; expiatory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the mercy seat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱پٴǰ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·辱t··ٴr· adverb
  • ܲp·辱t··ٴr adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of propitiatory1

1275–1325; (noun) Middle English propiciatori the mercy seat < Late Latin DZ辱پōܳ ( propitiate, -tory 2 ); (adj.) < Late Latin DZ辱پōܲ ( -tory 1 )
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We see Agamemnon being advised by spin doctors on how to sacrifice his young daughter, Iphigenia, as a propitiatory offering to the gods, with a minimum of physical mess and nasty public blowback.

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Jinni uses a propitiatory genome that goes beyond genre and stars to sort movies and TV shows by elements like plot, style and mood.

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"This is Miss Hellner," said Aunt Cuckoo, timorously offering the introduction in the manner of a propitiatory sacrifice.

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I doubt whether a real distinction can be made between propitiatory and expiatory sacrifices.

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In the Holy Scriptures, this animal is the chosen symbol of purity and the gentler virtues, the victim of propitiatory sacrifices, and the type of redemption to fallen man.

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