propitiatory

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Ancestors are invoked who around her as she starts the propitiatory dance.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a brief Cabinet crisis, in which Premier Solh shuffled his ministers in a faintly propitiatory manner.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is thought to have been a propitiatory offering to avert the evil influences exerted by that planet.

From Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people by Grinnell, George Bird

He chid her, but with a propitiatory smile akin to those which the augurs exchanged.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

In the heart of mankind there is a tiny shrine with its burning taper; the idol is Self; the propitiatory light is for subliminal foes.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James