- pugnacious; Stanton,
Black and
Postmaster General Joseph Holt
thought it too
placatory.
Isaac Toucey,
Secretary of the Navy, was
alone in his
support of the...
- haru****y in Diocletian's
domus and a
subsequent (but undated)
dictat of
placatory sacrifice by the
entire military triggered a
series of
edicts against...
- sent
these coins and
these goods to me as a bribe."
Uthman sent
numerous placatory letters to Muhammad, but he
continued building community opposition against...
-
Having been
released from the
tower and
handed over to the
rebels as a
placatory gesture by the King,
Baron Saye was
brought to
Guildhall for a sham trial...
- Grischun. In what the
Federal Culture Office itself admits is "more a
placatory and
symbolic use" of Romansh, the
federal authorities occasionally translate...
-
approach to imperium, but his
foreign policy proved too
cautious and
placatory for the military.
After little more than a year, he was
murdered in a...
- him,
preparing to
throw him off a cliff.
Robert rejects any
friendly or
placatory advances from his brother. Finally,
George is
murdered by
being stabbed...
-
festivals of the
period of the Republic, p. 306,
cites Festus' di
manes as a
placatory euphemism: some
Manes were to be feared. Ovid, Fasti, 2.677. Fowler, Roman...
- plācāt- implacable, placability, placable, placate, placation, placative,
placatory plangō plang- planx- planct- complain, complainant, complaint, plague...
- and
prayers or
offerings were
necessary to
placate them.
Sometimes the
placatory rituals would be
performed by an
entire community. An
alternative to offerings...
