propitiation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin propitiātiō. By surface analysis, propitiate + -ion.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Mid-Atlantic) (file)
Noun[edit]
propitiation (countable and uncountable, plural propitiations)
- The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
- Coordinate term: expiation
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 3:25:
- 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
- 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 13:
- 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.
- (theology) The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.
Usage notes[edit]
- Primarily used with respect to a god or spirits.
Translations[edit]
the act of propitiating; placation, atonement, expiation
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Further reading[edit]
- propitiation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
propitiation f (plural propitiations)
Further reading[edit]
- “propitiation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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