1. propitiatory - Noun
2. propitiatory - Adjective
3. propitiatory - Adjective Satellite
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryexpiatory (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