单词 | repropitiation |
释义 | † repropitiationn. Obsolete. rare. The state of being restored to favour; the action or an act of propitiating a person, etc., again. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [noun] > restoration to favour reconciliation1536 repropitiationa1626 a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) x. 708 Accepted to repropitiation, that is ἱλασμός, to as good grace, and favour as ever. 1864 St. James's Mag. 11 97 As famine caused the old Pagans to cry,..so a bad year, and loss of crops, might arouse the Khonds to a penitent re-propitiation of the earth-goddess. 1896 H. C. Lea Hist. Auricular Confession & Indulgences I. xiv. 464 The function thus performed was sometimes called ‘repropitiation’ to indicate that, by the efforts of the priest, God was again rendered propitious to the sinner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.a1626 |
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