propitiatory
Example Sentences
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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.
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Various propitiatory ceremonies are performed by specialists to secure its good-will.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston
Wild Galla chieftains, too, were in attendance with propitiatory offerings and outstanding arrears of tribute, and the interior of the palace presented a scene of increased bustle and confusion.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
They haunted well-known spots on the road by which the Shades must pass to their last resting-place, but as they left the living unmolested, the living were not called upon to make propitiatory offerings.
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson
