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propitiations

propitiations is the plural of propitiation.

Meaning of propitiation

Noun

propitiation (countable and uncountable, plural propitiations)

  1. The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger.
    • 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 God1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 3:25
  2. The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.

Questions about propitiations

What is propitiations the plural of?
Propitiations is the plural of propitiation.

Words near propitiations in the dictionary

  1. propitiated
  2. propitiates
  3. propitiating
  4. propitiatingly
  5. propitiation
  6. propitiations
  7. propitiative
  8. propitiator
  9. propitiatorily
  10. propitiators
  11. propitiatory

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