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How to use propitiatory in a sentence

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On Il'ia's day, in many parts of Russia, propitiatory offerings were brought to church.
God's displeasure can only be appeased, then, if a propitiatory sacrifice is made.
Sacred places, old dwelling sites, and cemeteries exist, but propitiatory rites are made individually.
During that powerful event, Sri Rudram, a much-revered propitiatory hymn to Lord Siva from the Yajur Veda, was chanted in unison 1,331 times.
They must also offer a propitiatory sacrifice to the god worth fifteen drachmae.
This has been accomplished in the faithful obedience of the Lord Christ Jesus and His propitiatory sacrifice.
The Sacrifice of the Cross is propitiatory in the absolute sense of the word.
And yet have I denied that it is a sacrifice propitiatory for sin, or that the priest alone maketh any sacrifice there.
I thought it was essential for my salvation to attend Mass because I had not fully accepted His propitiatory sacrifice on the Cross.
It represents the most suited cereal for marriage ceremonies, naming ceremonies, initiations and ritual and propitiatory ceremonies.
The intensification of propitiatory and other forms of worship, he believed, led to the exaltation of one infinite divine Being.
In the old days the farmers threw a handful of seeds on the menhir before scattering them on the ploughed earth to mark propitiatory.
From the communion sacrifice Smith derived the expiatory or propitiatory forms of sacrifice, which he termed piaculum, and the gift sacrifice.
The point of such offerings is not that the dead get hungry and thirsty, nor are they merely propitiatory offerings.
He worked throughout this period, painting for collectors, for patrons who protected him, and as propitiatory offerings to those who were punishing him.
In the Old Testament, the priests used to offer sacrifices of animals, which they presented as propitiatory victims for themselves and for the people.
Finally, some propitiatory sacrifices are clearly prophylactic, intended to avert possible misfortune and calamity, and as such they are really bribes offered to the gods.
It was an instrument like a sculpture rich of propitiatory symbols.
This is because it is considered the propitiatory sacrifice of Christ himself.
Unfortunately today we have forgotten these traditions and their ancient, ritual and propitiatory significance, focused on the respect for water and for its vital role in mankind's life.
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We may note here the euphemistic tendency to call powerful spirits by propitiatory names.
You see I have not forgotten the custom to bring some propitiatory sacrifice.
Like many a man before him and after, Smith casts about for a propitiatory wonder.
He spoke in his most propitiatory tones, but the committee was still stirred.
Their presence on the propitiatory was meant to reveal the glory of the gospel.
She addressed herself to Mr. Frost, and her manner was propitiatory.
Even the propitiatory gestures of the creature failed to disarm me.
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