2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supplication \Sup`pli*ca"tion\, n. [F. supplication, L.
supplicatio.]
1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in
worship.
2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
3. (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
Syn: Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
supplication
n 1: a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
[syn: {invocation}]
2: humble request for help [syn: {plea}]
3: the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a
petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
[syn: {prayer}]
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