Definition of Propitiate. Meaning of Propitiate. Synonyms of Propitiate

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Definition of Propitiate

Propitiate
Propitiate Pro*pi"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propitiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Propitiating.] [L. propitiatus, p. p. of propitiare to propitiate, fr. propitius favorable. See Propitious.] To appease to render favorable; to make propitious; to conciliate. Let fierce Achilles, dreadful in his rage, The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. --Pope.
Propitiate
Propitiate Pro*pi"ti*ate, v. i. To make propitiation; to atone.

Meaning of Propitiate from wikipedia

- Propitiation is the act of appeasing or making well-disposed a deity, thus incurring divine favor or avoiding divine retribution. It is related to the...
- administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities. Their office or position is the "priesthood"...
- practised along with nat worship, which involves elaborate rituals to propitiate one from a pantheon of 37 nats. In a traditional village, the monastery...
- offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship. Sacrifice may also refer to: Sacrifice (painting), a 2013...
- Hiranyakashipu decided to gain a boon of invulnerability by performing tapas to propitiate Brahma. After his subjugation of the three worlds, he was slain by the...
- Bhatta had performed the ceremony at an inau****ious hour and neglected to propitiate the spirits adored in the Tantra. That was why, he said, the queen mother...
- Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.11.1. Hewitt, Joseph William (1908). "The Propitiation of Zeus". Harvard Studies in classical Philology. 19: 61–120. doi:10...
- possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity as an act of propitiation or worship. Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least...
- Esoteric transmission Evocation Exorcism Initiation Invocation Meditation Propitiation Rite of p****age Ritual purification Sacrifice Societies A∴A∴ Élus Coëns...
- Jesus' death and resurrection. His death was an expiation as well as a propitiation, and by Christ's blood peace is made between God and man. By grace, through...