propitiatory

Speech parts

1. propitiatory - Noun

2. propitiatory - Adjective

3. propitiatory - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice.

The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.

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expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice Source: Internet

sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture Source: Internet

Greeks offered propitiatory libations to prevent the deceased from returning to the upper world to "haunt" those who had not given them a proper burial. Source: Internet

The seven sacraments were reaffirmed and the Eucharist pronounced to be a true propitiatory sacrifice as well as a sacrament, in which the bread and wine were consecrated into the Eucharist (thirteenth and twenty-second sessions). Source: Internet

Christ is "a sacrifice—so, to be slain; a propitiatory sacrifice—so, to be eaten." Source: Internet

Tomb frescoes from Paestum (4th century BC) show paired fighters, with helmets, spears and shields, in a propitiatory funeral blood-rite that anticipates early Roman gladiator games. Source: Internet

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