PROPITIATION


Meaning of PROPITIATION in English

/preuh pish'ee ay"sheuhn/ , n.

1. the act of propitiating; conciliation: the propitiation of the wrathful gods.

2. something that propitiates.

[ 1350-1400; ME propiciacioun propitiation- (s. of propitiatio ) appeasement. See PROPITIATE, -ION ]

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