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