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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Propitiatory \Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry\, a. [L. propitiatorius: cf. F.
   propitiatoire.]
   Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or
   employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory
   sacrifice. --Sharp.

Propitiatory \Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry\, n. [L. propitiatorium.]
   (Jewish Antiq.)
   The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the
   propitiated Jehovah. --Bp. Pearson.

资料来源 : WordNet®

propitiatory
     adj 1: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or
            propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice"
            [syn: {expiatory}, {expiative}]
     2: intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a
        propitiatory gesture" [syn: {propitiative}]