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

They were celebrated with great pomp and magnificence, and accompanied by elaborate propitiatory sacrifices to the tutelary deities of Rome.

From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.

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

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

At this critical moment, our hostess approached with a water-ice, as a propitiatory offering, and expressed the hope that the guitar was now renewed for action.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry