propitiatory - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'propitiatory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Propitiatory

[ a.]

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

2 . Propitiatory

[ n.]

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

1 . propitiatory

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation

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2 . propitiatory

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- intended to reconcile or appease

Example in sentence:

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