Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

propitiary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-pi-tiary
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of propitiatory.

Example Sentences

"Over this Propitiary Sacrifice, we call upon God for the general peace of all Churches, for the tranquility of the World, for Emperors, their Armies, and all that fight for them."
"It is probable that sacrificial foundations had their origin in the idea of a propitiary offering to the Goddess Earth."
"And so the Tamil Nadu Government thought of another, even more extravagant, propitiary ritual."

Etymology

From Latin propitiāre (“to appease”) + -ary.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: propitiāre

Inflected Forms

more propitiary (comparative) most propitiary (superlative)

Synonyms

propitiatory

Questions

What does propitiary mean?: Synonym of propitiatory.
Where does propitiary come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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