• (a.) Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. • (n.) The mercy seat; -- so called because a symbol of the propitiated Jehovah. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/propitiatory/
Pro·pi'ti·a·to·ry adjective [ Latin propitiatorius : confer French propitiatoire .] Having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice. Sharp. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/176