propitiatory

propitiatory
Synonyms and related words:
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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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • propitiatory — index nonmilitant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • propitiatory — c.1300, from L.L. propitiatorium (translating Gk. hilasterion in Bible); noun use of neuter singular of propitiarius “atoning, reconciling,” from propitiator, agent noun from propitiare (see PROPITIATION (Cf. propitiation)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • propitiatory — pro|pi|ti|a|to|ry [prəˈpıʃiətəri US to:ri] adj formal intended to please someone and make them feel less angry and more friendly ▪ a propitiatory gift of flowers …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • propitiatory — adjective formal intended to please someone and make them feel less angry and more friendly: a propitiatory gift of flowers …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • propitiatory — propitiate ► VERB ▪ win or regain the favour of; appease. DERIVATIVES propitiatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin propitiare make favourable , from propitius favourable, gracious …   English terms dictionary

  • propitiatory — adj. serving or intended to propitiate (a propitiatory smile). Derivatives: propitiatorily adv. Etymology: ME f. LL propitiatorius (as PROPITIATE) …   Useful english dictionary

  • propitiatory — adjective Date: 1551 1. intended to propitiate ; expiatory 2. of or relating to propitiation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • propitiatory — propitiatorily, adv. /preuh pish ee euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. serving or intended to propitiate. 2. making propitiation; conciliatory. n. 3. See mercy seat. [1275 1325; (n.) ME propiciatori the mercy seat < LL propitiatorium (see PROPITIATE …   Universalium

  • propitiatory — adjective intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory …   Wiktionary

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