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propitiation

noun

Etymology

From Middle English propiciacion, propiciacioun, from Anglo-Norman propiciatiun, Middle French propiciation, propitiation, and their etymon Latin propitiātiō (stem propitiātiōn-). By surface analysis, propitiate + -ion.

  1. derived from propitiātiō
  2. derived from propiciation,propitiation
  3. derived from propiciatiun
  4. inherited from propiciacion,propiciacioun

Definitions

  1. The act of propitiating

    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 God
    • 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.

  2. The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at propitiation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at propitiation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at propitiation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA