propitiator
(prəʊˈpɪʃɪeɪtə(r))
[a. late L. propitiātor, agent-n. from propiti-āre to propitiate; so F. propitiateur, in 1519 propic- (Hatz.-Darm.).]
One who propitiates.
| 1571 Knox Bk. Com. Order (1868) 61 Look Thou to Thy dear Son..our Head..Mediator, and only Propitiator. 1624 Darcie Birth of Heresies vi. 23 Our Eternall Priest and Propitiator. 1742 tr. Bossuet's Hist. Var. Prot. Ch. (1829) I. 131 The whole Church, who acknowledged Jesus Christ for propitiator and author of justification. |