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Examples of propitiate
propitiate
She advises passing motorists to propitiate the saint with a modest gift of rupees.
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The king's role is to propitiate these gods and maintain harmony among them.
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An imaginary ancient tribe sacrifices a young virgin to propitiate the god of spring.
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The Taurian Games were celebrated specifically to propitiate the di inferi.
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With offerings I propitiate the branches of this swift-moving God, the bounteous Visnu.
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It's almost as if they feel that they must propitiate the demon that I bring along with me.
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Genii were often viewed as protective spirits, as one would propitiate them for protection.
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But the Ceans continued to propitiate the Dog-Star, just before its rising, just to be sure.
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Look how we stop burning fossil fuels to propitiate the deity.
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- Make peace with
- (propitiation) placation: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
- (propitiation) expiation: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
- (Propitiates) In Christianity, propitiation is a theological term denoting that by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., that 'satisfaction' or 'appeasement' by which it becomes consistent with His character and government to pardon and bless sinners. ...
- (propitiation) A righteous God must necessarily be angry against sin but his wrath has been propitiated -- that is, appeased or turned away -- by his Son offering himself as a sinless sacrifice for sin.
- (propitiation) Appeasement of the wrath of God.
- (Propitiation) This means the turning away of wrath by an offering. It is similar to expiation but expiation does not carry the nuances involving wrath. For the Christian the propitiation was the shed blood of Jesus on the cross. ...
- (Propitiation) a sacrifice bringing forth grace. By His sacrificial death, Jesus was a propitiation in the God-mankind relationship....causing God to be propitious (grace filled) toward mankind...fulfilling the need for a perfect atonement for the sins of all of mankind.
- (PROPITIATION) An offering that results in atonement, redemption, and reconciliation. Christ offered Himself on the Cross as a propitiation for our sins, to liberate humanity from sin and death. See Rom. 3:21-26; Heb. 2:17; 1 John 2:2; 4:10.
