propitiatory
a . 安抚的;和解的
安抚的;和解的
propitiatory adj 1 :
having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation ; "
expiatory (
or propitiatory )
sacrifice "
[
synonym : {
expiatory }, {
expiative }, {
propitiatory }]
2 :
intended to reconcile or appease ; "
sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture " [
synonym : {
propitiative }, {
propitiatory }]
Propitiatory \
Pro *
pi "
ti *
a *
to *
ry \,
a . [
L .
propitiatorius :
cf .
F .
propitiatoire .]
Having the power to make propitious ;
pertaining to ,
or employed in ,
propitiation ;
expiatory ;
as ,
a propitiatory sacrifice . --
Sharp .
[
1913 Webster ]
Propitiatory \
Pro *
pi "
ti *
a *
to *
ry \,
n . [
L .
propitiatorium .]
(
Jewish Antiq .)
The mercy seat ; --
so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah . --
Bp .
Pearson .
[
1913 Webster ]
70 Moby Thesaurus words for "
propitiatory ":
Christlike ,
Christly ,
acquiescent ,
apologetic ,
appeasing ,
ascetic ,
atoning ,
celestial ,
cleansing ,
compensational ,
compensatory ,
compliant ,
conciliatory ,
deferential ,
divine ,
empyrean ,
expiatory ,
expurgatory ,
godlike ,
godly ,
heavenly ,
incarnate ,
incarnated ,
ingratiating ,
intercessional ,
intercessive ,
irenic ,
lustral ,
lustrational ,
lustrative ,
made flesh ,
mediative ,
mediatory ,
mollifying ,
obeisant ,
obliging ,
pacific ,
pacificatory ,
pacifying ,
penitential ,
piacular ,
placative ,
placatory ,
propitiative ,
purgative ,
purgatorial ,
purifying ,
reclamatory ,
recompensing ,
reconciliatory ,
redeeming ,
redemptive ,
redressing ,
reparative ,
reparatory ,
repentant ,
repenting ,
restitutional ,
restitutive ,
restitutory ,
righting ,
salvational ,
satisfactional ,
self -
existent ,
soothing ,
squaring ,
superhuman ,
supernatural ,
tractable ,
transcendent
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