propitiative, propitiatory
(adjective) intended to reconcile or appease; “sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture”
expiatory, expiative, propitiatory
(adjective) having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; “expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
propitiatory (comparative more propitiatory, superlative most propitiatory)
Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. propitiatorius: cf. F. propitiatoire.]
Definition: Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Sharp.
Pro*pi"ti*a*to*ry, n. Etym: [L. propitiatorium.] (Jewish Antiq.)
Definition: The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah. Bp. Pearson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
