单词 | conciliator |
释义 | conciliatorn. One who or that which conciliates; esp. one who leads opposed parties to be friendly to each other; a peacemaker, arbitrator. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > reconciliation > one who reconciles atonemaker1533 reconciler1536 atonement-maker1543 reconciliatora1567 conciliatorc1575 atoner1719 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating > one who appeases pacifier1533 conciliatorc1575 smoother1611 placater1894 c1575 W. Fulke Confut. Doctr. Purgatory (1577) 419 Some mediatores and conciliatores of Origens error, with the erroneous practise of the church. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 233 It would lessen the number of conciliatours: which cannot themselves now write, but as engagedly biassed to one side or the other. 1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy II. 227 Tipping the searcher with half-a-crown, which is a wonderful conciliator at all the bureaus in this country. 1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 437 He remained..a conciliator among conflicting parties. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Sept. 9/1 Mr. Joseph Cowen, M.P., has consented to act as conciliator on behalf of the men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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