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

In Greece, on the other hand, the three dread sisters are still honoured by propitiatory rites, and they figure frequently in the folk-lore of Bulgaria and Albania.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

Some dire calamity was certain to befall those who passed his abode without making some propitiatory offering.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)

I turn towards him with a propitiatory smile, as much as to say, "You see I'm ready for any of your funny stories."

From Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 62, January 20, 1872 by Various