propitious

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The virtue of Christ’s sacrifice is to pacify justice and make God propitious, that is, favourable and merciful to sinners.

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  1. adjective Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious. See Synonyms at favorable.
  2. adjective Kindly; gracious.

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  1. Middle English propicius, from Old French propicieux, from Latin propitius; see pet- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Old French propice (later obsolete English propice) = Spanish Portuguese propicio = Italian propizio, from Latin propitius, favorable, well-disposed, kind (usually said of deities); origin unknown. Some conjecture it to have been orig. a term in augury with reference to the flying of birds, from Latin pro, forward, + pctere, seek, orig. fly (see petition); according to another view, from Latin prope, near.
 

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