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Definition of Propitiation

Propitiation
Propitiation Pro*pi`ti*a"tion, n. [L. propitiatio: cf. F. propitiation.] 1. The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious. 2. (Theol.) That which propitiates; atonement or atoning sacrifice; specifically, the influence or effects of the death of Christ in appeasing the divine justice, and conciliating the divine favor. He [Jesus Christ] is the propitiation for our sins. --1 John ii. 2.

Meaning of Propitiation from wikipedia

- "that which expiates or propitiates" or "the gift which procures propitiation". 1 John 2:2 (KJV) reads: "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not...
- administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities. Their office or position is the "priesthood"...
- possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity as an act of propitiation or worship. Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least...
- practised along with nat worship, which involves elaborate rituals to propitiate one from a pantheon of 37 nats. In a traditional village, the monastery...
- of Jesus is a traditional American hymn about the blood atonement and propitiation for sin by the death of Jesus as explained in Hebrews 9. The song was...
- interpreted as meaning that Jesus's death was an atonement or ransom for, or propitiation or expiation of, God's wrath against humanity because of their sins....
- offering food, or the lives of animals or people to the gods, as an act of propitiation or worship. Sacrifice may also refer to: Sacrifice (painting), a 2013...
- Bhatta had performed the ceremony at an inau****ious hour and neglected to propitiate the spirits adored in the Tantra. That was why, he said, the queen mother...
- the form of conferment of Padma Bhushan on Republic Day, 1981. Section Propitiation covers the period 1981 to 1991. This section covers the scientist's journey...
- Jesus' death and resurrection. His death was an expiation as well as a propitiation, and by Christ's blood peace is made between God and man. By grace, through...