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Definition of Propitiative
1. Adjective. Intended to reconcile or appease. "Sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture"
Similar to: Conciliative, Conciliatory
Derivative terms: Propitiate, Propitiate
Definition of Propitiative
1. Adjective. Serving to, or intended to, propitiate; propitiatory, reconciliatory ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Propitiative
Literary usage of Propitiative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Christian Theology by Cornelius Walker (1894)
"Many sacrifices were not thus expiatory. Some of them were thank offerings, some
of communion in worship before God. Some of them were propitiative, ..."
2. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1882)
"The divine response manifested both the propitiatory object and the propitiative
effect, for " the Lord smelled a sweet savor, and said in His heart I will ..."
3. The Real Blake: A Portrait Biography by Edwin John Ellis (1907)
"Blake did all he could to be nice to Hayley, and Hayley was so entirely deceived
by his simple and propitiative Irish manner that he thought they were ..."
4. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1882)
"The divine response manifested both the propitiatory object and the propitiative
effect, for "the Lord smelled a sweet savor, and said in His heart I will ..."
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