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Found in thesaurus: orison, petition, prayer, entreaty, appeal, worship

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supplication
n. earnest request, humble entreaty, petition

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Supplication
Supplication (also known as petitioning) is a form of prayer, wherein one party humbly or earnestly asks another party to provide something, either for the party who is doing the supplicating (e.g., "Please spare my life.") or on behalf of someone else (e.g., "Please spare my child's life.").

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supplication
Noun
1. a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
(synonym) invocation
(hypernym) prayer, petition, orison
(hyponym) rogation
(part-holonym) service, religious service, divine service
2. a humble request for help from someone in authority
(synonym) plea
(hypernym) entreaty, prayer, appeal
(derivation) supplicate
3. the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer"
(synonym) prayer
(hypernym) worship
(hyponym) devotion


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supplication
nf. supplication, plea, beseeching, entreaty

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Supplication
(n.)
The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
  
 
(n.)
A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.
  
 
(n.)
A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
  

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