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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

propitiatorius

: cf. F.

propitiatoire

Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory;

as, a

propitiatory

sacrifice

Sharp.

Noun.

[L.

propitiatorium

(Jewish Antiq.)

The mercy seat; – so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.

Bp. Pearson.

Adj.

Having the power to make propitious; as a propitiatory sacrifice.

Noun.

Among the Jews,the mercy-seat; the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant, lined within and without with plates of gold. This was a type of Christ.