Propitiatory Definition

Propitiatory Sentence Examples

• Bishop Lyttelton in Lux Mundi 8 stated that the death of Christ is propitiatory 1 Stevens, Christian Doctrine of Salvation, p. 138.

• They were unanimous in rejecting the episcopacy of the Church of Rome, the sanctity of celibacy, the sacerdotal character of the ministry, the confessional, the propitiatory nature of the mass.

• Propitiatory abstinences were recommended when the natal asterism was menaced by unfavourable planetary conjunctions.

• The further development of the notion of Christian priesthood was connected with the view that the Eucharist is a propitiatory sacrifice which only a consecrated priest can perform.

• The ohelo berry is famous in song and story, and formerly served as a propitiatory offering to Pele.