Propitiatory

a.	1.	Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice.
n.	1.	(Jewish Antiq.) The mercy seat; - so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah.

Adj.	1.	propitiatory - having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" Synonyms: expiative, expiatory
	2.	propitiatory - intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture" Synonyms: propitiative

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