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Definition of propitiate in English: propitiateverb prəˈpɪʃɪeɪtprəˈpɪʃiˌeɪt [with object]Win or regain the favour of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them. the pagans thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices Example sentencesExamples - I could propitiate a particular deity who is associated with books (for example Thoth, or Ganesha).
- The haunting became so intense that in 1999 Buddhist monks were invited to the museum to offer foods to propitiate the restless souls of the victims who had been murdered there.
- Each village has its own shaman to propitiate the spirits that cause illness and accidents, and a priest to perform the village ceremony for the ancestor spirits.
- Perhaps he offers this volume to propitiate the gods he has deposed.
- Unmarried girls fast the whole day propitiating Lord Siva for granting them an ideal husband.
- Plotinus and Porphyry felt reserve towards participation in sacrifices to propitiate the spirits.
- I think that's a fair enough position to take - certainly there are quite a few instances of ‘fierce’ goddesses being propitiated in order to keep them ‘sweet’ as it were.
- Indigenous peoples across the Americas benefited from tobacco in healing practices and rituals designed to propitiate the gods who controlled the movement of game or the success of a year's crop.
- Unchanging principles were involved - an animal without blemish died in the place of the human sinner to propitiate God's wrath against sin and free the transgressor from guilt and punishment.
- The death of Christ propitiates God, and the word ‘propitiation’ contains the thought of averting the wrath of God.
- Because women are most often in charge of medicinal herbs, they are responsible for propitiating the spirits of medicine on special altars.
- All that needed to be done to propitiate God's wrath and save his people from their sins had been accomplished.
- Stravinsky then turned to a pagan rite of a girl dancing herself to death before the elders in order to propitiate the god of spring.
- Since these people used tobacco to propitiate their deities, the herb itself was one of the instruments of godless, false religions.
- This being occult worship, they propitiate ghosts as part of their ritual.
- How can shepherds dare to cross a high pass without first propitiating the appropriate goddess?
- Spirit mediums and their adherents built ‘spirit huts’ near trees that were necessary to propitiate malevolent spirits.
- The Samhitas are hymns addressed to gods representing the forces of nature, followed by rites and sacrifices to propitiate those gods.
- She is the patron of learning, and propitiating her is important for students.
- Rituals associated with ploughing and planting of rice during monsoon and then again later at the end of monsoon were occasions to propitiate the gods for a bountiful harvest.
Synonyms appease, placate, mollify, pacify, make peace with, conciliate, make amends to, soothe, calm, humour, win over, satisfy pour oil on troubled waters Australian square someone off
Derivatives adjective prəˈpɪʃ(ɪ)ətɪvprəˈpɪʃ(i)ədɪv rare Intended to win or regain the favour of a god, spirit, or person by doing something that pleases them. a propitiative sacrifice for the sins of all
noun prəˈpɪʃɪeɪtəprəˈpɪʃiˌeɪdər A person who propitiates someone or something. Moreover, they regarded their coalition partners, the Kadets, as essential propitiators of the officer corps.
adjective prəˈpɪʃɪət(ə)riprəˈpɪʃ(i)əˌtɔri In fact the numbers voting for it were probably nearer two millions - a respectable enough turnout at a time of civil war, and an indication that the propitiatory gesture of national consultation had achieved some success. Example sentencesExamples - Sacred places, old dwelling sites, and cemeteries exist, but propitiatory rites are made individually.
- They must also offer a propitiatory sacrifice to the god worth fifteen drachmae.
- He worked throughout this period, painting for collectors, for patrons who protected him, and as propitiatory offerings to those who were punishing him.
- God's displeasure can only be appeased, then, if a propitiatory sacrifice is made.
adverb prəˈpɪʃɪeɪtə
Origin Late Middle English (as propitiation): from Latin propitiat- 'made favourable', from the verb propitiare, from propitius 'favourable, gracious' (see propitious). Rhymes initiate, officiate, vitiate Definition of propitiate in US English: propitiateverbprəˈpiSHēˌātprəˈpɪʃiˌeɪt [with object]Win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them. the pagans thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices Example sentencesExamples - The Samhitas are hymns addressed to gods representing the forces of nature, followed by rites and sacrifices to propitiate those gods.
- Rituals associated with ploughing and planting of rice during monsoon and then again later at the end of monsoon were occasions to propitiate the gods for a bountiful harvest.
- This being occult worship, they propitiate ghosts as part of their ritual.
- I could propitiate a particular deity who is associated with books (for example Thoth, or Ganesha).
- How can shepherds dare to cross a high pass without first propitiating the appropriate goddess?
- Perhaps he offers this volume to propitiate the gods he has deposed.
- The haunting became so intense that in 1999 Buddhist monks were invited to the museum to offer foods to propitiate the restless souls of the victims who had been murdered there.
- I think that's a fair enough position to take - certainly there are quite a few instances of ‘fierce’ goddesses being propitiated in order to keep them ‘sweet’ as it were.
- Spirit mediums and their adherents built ‘spirit huts’ near trees that were necessary to propitiate malevolent spirits.
- Plotinus and Porphyry felt reserve towards participation in sacrifices to propitiate the spirits.
- Stravinsky then turned to a pagan rite of a girl dancing herself to death before the elders in order to propitiate the god of spring.
- Unchanging principles were involved - an animal without blemish died in the place of the human sinner to propitiate God's wrath against sin and free the transgressor from guilt and punishment.
- Since these people used tobacco to propitiate their deities, the herb itself was one of the instruments of godless, false religions.
- The death of Christ propitiates God, and the word ‘propitiation’ contains the thought of averting the wrath of God.
- Because women are most often in charge of medicinal herbs, they are responsible for propitiating the spirits of medicine on special altars.
- Indigenous peoples across the Americas benefited from tobacco in healing practices and rituals designed to propitiate the gods who controlled the movement of game or the success of a year's crop.
- All that needed to be done to propitiate God's wrath and save his people from their sins had been accomplished.
- Unmarried girls fast the whole day propitiating Lord Siva for granting them an ideal husband.
- She is the patron of learning, and propitiating her is important for students.
- Each village has its own shaman to propitiate the spirits that cause illness and accidents, and a priest to perform the village ceremony for the ancestor spirits.
Synonyms appease, placate, mollify, pacify, make peace with, conciliate, make amends to, soothe, calm, humour, win over, satisfy
Origin Late Middle English (as propitiation): from Latin propitiat- ‘made favorable’, from the verb propitiare, from propitius ‘favorable, gracious’ (see propitious). |