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countable and uncountable, plural propitiations
The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but with the added concept of appeasement of anger. quotations examples
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Romans 3:25
At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 13
(theology) The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.