supplication

Noun

Meaning

The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

prayer petition entreaty solicitation request appeal plea pleading begging craving beseeching importunity imploration beseechment supplicating
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Antonyms

order direction command instruction answer ask
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Hypernyms

appeal prayer worship petition entreaty orison

Hyponyms

devotion blessing benediction rogation

Phrases with the word

islamic supplication muslim supplication

Examples

the priest sank to his knees in prayer Source: Internet

This type of language is used, according to E. Segal, for “the forceful inversion, the reduction of the master to an abject position of supplication … the master-as-suppliant is thus an extremely important feature of the Plautine comic finale.” Source: Internet

Fathers Daniel Steiner and Rodolfo Rivera lie prostrate before the altar of the Cathedral of the Incarnation during the Litany of Supplication. Source: Internet

He made gestures of humility by kissing those who bowed before him instead of accepting supplication. Source: Internet

He said that supplication to gods or deities was not necessary. Source: Internet

Later it can be said I had a clear view of the other person and my friend raised their arms in supplication or in surrender and can demonstrate this with arms raised slowly, hands open and palms out. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

supplicat supplicate supplicatingly supplicational supplicative supplicator