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

A quantity of oil for the crew and pilot is referred to, and oxen were also slaughtered, apparently as a propitiatory sacrifice on the completion of the vessel.

From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Pinches, Theophilus Goldridge

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

I doubt whether a real distinction can be made between propitiatory and expiatory sacrifices.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.