propitiatory

How To Use propitiatory In A Sentence

• expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice
• And when Moses entered into the tabernacle of the covenant, to consult the oracle, he heard the voice of one speaking to him from the propitiatory, that is over the ark between the two cherubims, and from this place he spoke to him. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision
• In general the answer may be given: For all those and for those only, who are fitted to participate in the fruits of the Mass as an impetratory, propitiatory, and satisfactory sacrifice. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
• He sent her flowers as a propitiatory gesture.
• During that powerful event, Sri Rudram, a much-revered propitiatory hymn to Lord Siva from the Yajur Veda, was chanted in unison 1,331 times.
• This has been accomplished in the faithful obedience of the Lord Christ Jesus and His propitiatory sacrifice.
• A propitiatory ... a covering for the ark: called a propitiatory, or mercy seat, because the Lord, who was supposed to sit there upon the wings of the cherubims, with the ark for his footstool, from thence shewed mercy. The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision
• The grandees took refuge in their country houses—it was such a group whom Boccaccio imagined telling each other the tales in his “Decameron”—or hastened to promise propitiatory legacies to the church.
• In this canon, which gives a summary of all the sacrificial effects in order, the synod emphasizes the propitiatory and impetratory nature of the sacrifice. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
• sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture