PROPITIATORY
\pɹəpˈɪtɪətəɹˌi], \pɹəpˈɪtɪətəɹˌi], \p_ɹ_ə_p_ˈɪ_t_ɪ__ə_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
Definitions of PROPITIATORY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
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intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"
By Princeton University
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having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
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intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice.
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The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.
By Oddity Software
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
