Thesaurus: propitiatory

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1. a. Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice.
2. n. The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.
3. adj. having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
4. adj. intended to reconcile or appease
5. Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Sharp. The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah. Bp. Pearson.
6. Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employedin, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Sharp.
7. a having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation s intended to reconcile or appease