propitiatory gift
1propitiatory — pro|pi|ti|a|to|ry [prəˈpıʃiətəri US to:ri] adj formal intended to please someone and make them feel less angry and more friendly ▪ a propitiatory gift of flowers …
2propitiatory — adjective formal intended to please someone and make them feel less angry and more friendly: a propitiatory gift of flowers …
3peace offering — Synonyms and related words: Christmas present, amends, atonement, award, birthday present, box, burnt offering, cadeau, calumet, collection, compensation, composition, compromise, downing of arms, drink offering, empty hands, ex voto offering,… …
4parley — Synonyms and related words: admonition, advice, advise with, advising, advocacy, audience, bargain, bargaining, bargaining session, briefing, call in, calumet, caution, caveat, collogue, colloquium, colloquy, compare notes, conclave, confab,… …
5white flag — Synonyms and related words: Roman candle, aid to navigation, alarm, amber light, balefire, beacon, beacon fire, bell, bell buoy, blinker, blue peter, buoy, calumet, caution light, downing of arms, empty hands, flag of truce, flare, fog bell, fog… …
6Sacrifice of the Mass — • The word Mass (missa) first established itself as the general designation for the Eucharistic Sacrifice in the West after the time of Pope Gregory the Great, the early Church having used the expression the breaking of bread (fractio panis) or… …
7sacrifice — sacrificeable, adj. sacrificer, n. /sak reuh fuys /, n., v., sacrificed, sacrificing. n. 1. the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage. 2. the person, animal, or thing so… …
8TABERNACLE — (Lat. tabernaculum, tent ; taberna, hut ; the word renders the Heb. mishkan), the portable sanctuary constructed by the Children of Israel in the wilderness at the command of God. (The word has no connection with the Festival of Tabernacles –… …
9SACRIFICE — IN THE BIBLE In the Bible various verbs are used to designate the act of sacrifice. Two of them, שחט and טבח, are used for the slaughter of animals for both secular (cf. Gen. 43:16; Num. 11:22) and sacred purposes, while the verbs זבח (hence the… …
10Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …