propitiation

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of propitiating; placation, atonement, similar to expiation but also involving the appeasement of anger. countable,uncountable
    — Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God
  2. The death of Christ as a basis for the forgiveness of sin. countable,uncountable

词形变化

propitiations plural

词源

From Middle English propiciacion, propiciacioun, from Anglo-Norman propiciatiun, Middle French propiciation, propitiation, and their etymon Latin propitiātiō (stem propitiātiōn-). By surface analysis, propitiate + -ion.
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