亚洲网紅露点

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propitiatory

[ pruh-pish-ee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. serving or intended to propitiate.
  2. making propitiation; conciliatory.


propitiatory

/ 辫谤蓹藞辫瑟蕛瑟蓹迟蓹谤瑟 /

adjective

  1. designed or intended to propitiate; conciliatory; expiatory
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the mercy seat
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辫谤辞藞辫颈迟颈补迟辞谤颈濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤辞路辫颈顎僼颈路补路迟辞顎卹颈路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍顎卲谤辞路辫颈顎僼颈路补路迟辞顎卹测 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of propitiatory1

1275鈥1325; (noun) Middle English propiciatori the mercy seat < Late Latin 辫谤辞辫颈迟颈腻迟艒谤颈耻尘 ( propitiate, -tory 2 ); (adj.) < Late Latin 辫谤辞辫颈迟颈腻迟艒谤颈耻蝉 ( -tory 1 )
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We see Agamemnon being advised by spin doctors on how to sacrifice his young daughter, Iphigenia, as a propitiatory offering to the gods, with a minimum of physical mess and nasty public blowback.

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Jinni uses a聽propitiatory聽genome that goes beyond genre and stars to sort movies and TV shows by elements like plot, style and mood.

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"This is Miss Hellner," said Aunt Cuckoo, timorously offering the introduction in the manner of a propitiatory sacrifice.

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I doubt whether a real distinction can be made between propitiatory and expiatory sacrifices.

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In the Holy Scriptures, this animal is the chosen symbol of purity and the gentler virtues, the victim of propitiatory sacrifices, and the type of redemption to fallen man.

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