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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Propitiatory (0.01791 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Propitiatory.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: propitiatory
propitiatory
adj 1: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or
propitiation;
“expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice”
[syn:
expiatory,
expiative]
2: intended to reconcile or appease;
“sent flowers as a
propitiatory gesture” [syn:
propitiative]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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]
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