Propitiatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or offered in propitiation; conciliatory.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory.
  • n. The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the power to make propitious; effecting or intended to effect propitiation: as, a propitiatory sacrifice.
  • n. In Jewish antiquity, the mercy-seat; the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant, lined within and without with plates of gold.
  • n. A propitiation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
  • adj. intended to reconcile or appease
  • Equivalent
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    expiatory    pacific   
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    obsequial    expiatory    pacificatory    funerary    deprecatory    lustral    initiatory    freewill    piano    deprecating