propitiatory

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Holy Scriptures, this animal is the chosen symbol of purity and the gentler virtues, the victim of propitiatory sacrifices, and the type of redemption to fallen man.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert

He already felt the most abject and propitiatory of social outcasts when he came upon Coote, and Coote finished him.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

"This is Miss Hellner," said Aunt Cuckoo, timorously offering the introduction in the manner of a propitiatory sacrifice.

From Rich Relatives by MacKenzie, Compton