Dictionary Entry
propitiatory
propitiatory is a 12-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice.
- 2noun
The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.
- 3adjective
intended to reconcile or appease
"sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"
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- 4adjective
having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation
"expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
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