Propitiatory
/pɹəʊˈpɪʃɪətəɹɪ/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.
"Hecatombs were early substituted for single victims; and, to render the worship still more propitiatory, these were soon exchanged for human sacrifices."
Adjective
- 1 intended to reconcile or appease wordnet
- 2 having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation wordnet
Example
More examples"Hecatombs were early substituted for single victims; and, to render the worship still more propitiatory, these were soon exchanged for human sacrifices."
Etymology
From the Latin propitiātōrius (“atoning; reconciling, propitiating”).