Definitions of supplication

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Definition of 'supplication'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) invocation, supplication
a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service

2. (noun) supplication, plea
a humble request for help from someone in authority

3. (noun) prayer, supplication
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"

Definition of 'supplication'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) supplication
the act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship

2. (noun) supplication
a humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty

3. (noun) supplication
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

Translation of 'supplication'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (an) earnest prayer or entreaty.
Afrikaans: smeekgebed	Arabic: تَوَسُّل، تَضَرُّع	Bulgarian: жалба
Brazilian: súplica	Czech: prosba	German: das Bittgebet
Danish: bønfaldelse; tryglen	Greek: ικεσία	Spanish: súplica
Estonian: palve	Farsi: توسل	Finnish: anomus
French: supplication	Hebrew: בַּקָשָה, תְּפִילָה	Hindi: प्रार्थना
Croatian: ponizna molba, zaklinjanj	Hungarian: könyörgés	Indonesian: permohonan
Icelandic: auðmjúk bæn; bón, beiðni	Italian: supplica	Japanese: 嘆願
Korean: 탄원, 애원	Lithuanian: maldavimas	Latvian: lūgšana; lūgums
Malay: rayuan	Dutch: smeking	Norwegian: trygling, bønnfalling
Polish: prośba, błaganie	Persian: توسل	Pashto: سوال
Portuguese: súplica	Romanian: implorare	Russian: просьба; мольба
Slovak: prosba, modlitba	Slovenian: ponižna prošnja	Serbian: umoljavanje
Swedish: bön, vädjan	Thai: การวิงวอนขอร้อง	Turkish: yalvarma
Taiwanese: 祈求，祈願	Ukrainian: благання, прохання	Urdu: رحم طلبی، التجا
Vietnamese: sự van xin	Chinese: 祈求，祈愿
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