propitiatory
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of propitiatory
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English propiciatori the mercy seat < Late Latin propitiātōrium ( see propitiate, -tory 2); (adj.) < Late Latin propitiātōrius ( -tory 1 )
Example Sentences
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Ancestors are invoked who around her as she starts the propitiatory dance.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a brief Cabinet crisis, in which Premier Solh shuffled his ministers in a faintly propitiatory manner.
From Time Magazine Archive
He already felt the most abject and propitiatory of social outcasts when he came upon Coote, and Coote finished him.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
They were celebrated with great pomp and magnificence, and accompanied by elaborate propitiatory sacrifices to the tutelary deities of Rome.
From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.
In the heart of mankind there is a tiny shrine with its burning taper; the idol is Self; the propitiatory light is for subliminal foes.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
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