Definitions for supplication

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. invocation, supplication(noun)

    a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service

  2. supplication, plea(noun)

    a humble request for help from someone in authority

  3. prayer, supplication(noun)

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. supplication(Noun)

    An act of supplicating; a humble request.

  2. supplication(Noun)

    A prayer or entreaty to a god.

  3. Origin: From Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, from supplicare ‘to supplicate’.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Supplication(noun)

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

  2. Supplication(noun)

    a humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty

  3. Supplication(noun)

    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


Translations for supplication

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

supplication(noun)

(an) earnest prayer or entreaty.

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