Definitions for supplication
Princeton's WordNet
invocation, supplication(noun)
a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
supplication, plea(noun)
a humble request for help from someone in authority
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
supplication(Noun)
An act of supplicating; a humble request.
supplication(Noun)
A prayer or entreaty to a god.
Origin: From Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, from supplicare ‘to supplicate’.
Webster Dictionary
Supplication(noun)
the act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship
Supplication(noun)
a humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty
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.
- smeekgebedAfrikaans

- تَوَسُّل، تَضَرُّعArabic

- жалбаBulgarian

- súplicaPortuguese (BR)

- prosbaCzech

- das BittgebetGerman

- bønfaldelse; tryglenDanish

- ικεσίαGreek

- súplicaSpanish

- palveEstonian

- توسلFarsi

- anomusFinnish

- supplicationFrench

- בַּקָשָה, תְּפִילָהHebrew

- प्रार्थनाHindi

- ponizna molba, zaklinjanjeCroatian

- könyörgésHungarian

- permohonanIndonesian

- auðmjúk bæn; bón, beiðniIcelandic

- supplicaItalian

- 嘆願Japanese

- 탄원, 애원Korean

- maldavimasLithuanian

- lūgšana; lūgumsLatvian

- rayuanMalay

- smekingDutch

- trygling, bønnfallingNorwegian

- prośba, błaganiePolish

- توسلPersian

- سوالPashto

- súplicaPortuguese

- implorareRomanian

- просьба; мольбаRussian

- prosba, modlitbaSlovak

- ponižna prošnjaSlovenian

- umoljavanjeSerbian

- bön, vädjanSwedish

- การวิงวอนขอร้องThai

- yalvarmaTurkish

- 祈求,祈願Chinese (Trad.)

- благання, проханняUkrainian

- رحم طلبی، التجاUrdu

- sự van xinVietnamese

- 祈求,祈愿Chinese (Simp.)

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