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propitiate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/prəˈpiSHēˌāt/,
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propitiates, 3rd person singular present; propitiated, past participle; propitiated, past tense; propitiating, present participle;
  1. Win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them
    • - the pagans thought it was important to propitiate the gods with sacrifices
  1. make peace with
  2. (propitiation) placation: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
  3. (propitiation) expiation: the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
  4. (Propitiates) In Christianity, propitiation is a theological term denoting that by which God is rendered propitious, i.e., that 'satisfaction' or 'appeasement' by which it becomes consistent with His character and government to pardon and bless sinners. ...
  5. (propitiation) A righteous God must necessarily be angry against sin but his wrath has been propitiated -- that is, appeased or turned away -- by his Son offering himself as a sinless sacrifice for sin.
  6. (Propitiation) In theology, the atonement [satisfaction] or atoning [satisfying] sacrifice offered to God to assuage [ease] his wrath and render him propitious to sinners. (From Webster’s 1828 dictionary)
  7. (propitiation) Appeasement of the wrath of God.
  8. (Propitiation) This means the turning away of wrath by an offering. It is similar to expiation but expiation does not carry the nuances involving wrath. For the Christian the propitiation was the shed blood of Jesus on the cross. ...
  9. (Propitiation) Christ is called the “propitiation of our sins,” because through His death, He appeased God by making payment for our sins and suffering God’s wrath on the cross.
  10. (Propitiation) a sacrifice bringing forth grace. By His sacrificial death, Jesus was a propitiation in the God-mankind relationship....causing God to be propitious (grace filled) toward mankind...fulfilling the need for a perfect atonement for the sins of all of mankind.
  11. (PROPITIATION) An offering that results in atonement, redemption, and reconciliation. Christ offered Himself on the Cross as a propitiation for our sins, to liberate humanity from sin and death. See Rom. 3:21-26; Heb. 2:17; 1 John 2:2; 4:10.
  12. (Propitiation) (literal: "causing one who has been justly hostile to another to become favorable via a payment.")
  13. (Propitiation) An offering or sacrifice. Sufficient to win forgiveness. To appease.
  14. (Propitiation) God was really, really mad at all the bad guys (us) because of the bad things we do and think. But, when Jesus died, he made it so God didn’t have to be mad at us for those things anymore.
  15. (Propitiation) The process of appeasing or satisfying the requirement of somebody who is owed a great debt. ...
  16. (Propitiation) This is certainly not a word we use in everyday conversation, since we have no cultural concept of making sacrifices for sins. This word, hilasmos, is packed with meaning—and speaks of a sacrifice that covers sin and satisfies the demands of a holy God. ...
  17. (Propitiation) To appease. To make someone who is angry with you happy again.
  18. (Propitiation) the acto of appeasing or conciliating.  Something that appeases or conciliates a diety.  Atonement.  The self-sacrifice and death of Jesus Christ to appease divine justice and to effect reconciliation between God and man.
  19. (Propitiation) the atoning death of Jesus on the cross, through which He paid the penalty demanded by GOD because of man's sins, thus setting mankind free from sin and death. The word comes from an old English word, propitiate, which means "to appease. ...
  20. (propitiation) The act or acts of gaining the favor of spirits or deities.
  21. (propitiation) a level of the Tone Scale at which one attempts to appease or buy off some danger or imagined danger.
  22. Propitiation is a word with very deep meaning that is difficult to describe with only a few sentences. It refers to what happened at the “mercy seat” of the Holy of Holies. In the Old Testament, a high priest would offer a sacrifice for sins once a year on the Day of Atonement at the Mercy Seat. ...
  23. (v) - to appease, to sway, to convince
  24. (1) OFFER-TO-God, GOD SATISFIED. (2) SUBSTITUTE.
  25. to win or regain the goodwill of.