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Meanings of
propitiative
in English
Intended to reconcile or appease.
propitiatory
Related terms
conciliatory
conciliative
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Examples for "
propitiatory
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propitiatory
Examples for "
propitiatory
"
1
Getting into bed, I threw a
propitiatory
prayer in their general direction.
2
He makes no attempt to be obscure or
propitiatory
in this connection.
3
He coughed a
propitiatory
cough and looked round the Sawdust Pile appraisingly.
4
Meanwhile, the usual
propitiatory
ceremonies must be enacted, particularly the sacrifice.
5
After the expiatory and
propitiatory
ceremony the Reverend Father Douillard ascended the pulpit.
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