Examples of propitiation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Many customs and beliefs, rooted in ancient practices of affecting reality and averting danger by acts of propitiation and protection, are being reinvented—including wayside shrines on the sites of fatal accidents. — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020 Many customs and beliefs, rooted in ancient practices of affecting reality and averting danger by acts of propitiation and protection, are being reinvented—including wayside shrines on the sites of fatal accidents. — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020 Many customs and beliefs, rooted in ancient practices of affecting reality and averting danger by acts of propitiation and protection, are being reinvented—including wayside shrines on the sites of fatal accidents. — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020 Many customs and beliefs, rooted in ancient practices of affecting reality and averting danger by acts of propitiation and protection, are being reinvented—including wayside shrines on the sites of fatal accidents. — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020 Many customs and beliefs, rooted in ancient practices of affecting reality and averting danger by acts of propitiation and protection, are being reinvented—including wayside shrines on the sites of fatal accidents. — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2020 Many customs and beliefs, rooted in ancient practices of affecting reality and averting danger by acts of propitiation and protection, are being reinvented—including wayside shrines on the sites of fatal accidents. — Marina Warner, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2020 The scapegoat, as defined in the Book of Leviticus, is a propitiation. — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 16 Feb. 2018 See More

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