Definition of propitiatory
English to English adjective - having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
Expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice.
source: WordNet 3.0 - Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice.
source: Webster 1913 noun - The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.
source: Webster 1913 adjective satellite - intended to reconcile or appease
Sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture.
source: WordNet 3.0
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propitiatory, propitiator, prohibitory, probatory, probator, prefatory, proveditor, profiteer, periptery, providore, prohibiter, provider, provedore
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