propitiatory

We see Agamemnon being advised by spin doctors on how to sacrifice his young daughter, Iphigenia, as a propitiatory offering to the gods, with a minimum of physical mess and nasty public blowback.

Jinni uses a propitiatory genome that goes beyond genre and stars to sort movies and TV shows by elements like plot, style and mood.

"This is Miss Hellner," said Aunt Cuckoo, timorously offering the introduction in the manner of a propitiatory sacrifice.

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

In the Holy Scriptures, this animal is the chosen symbol of purity and the gentler virtues, the victim of propitiatory sacrifices, and the type of redemption to fallen man.