supplication

Noun
Synonyms: invocationpleaprayer

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious serviceSynonyms: invocation
  2. a humble request for help from someone in authoritySynonyms: plea
  3. 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”Synonyms: prayer
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Supplication \Sup`pli*ca"tion\, n. [F. supplication, L. supplicatio.]

1.The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship. [1913 Webster]

2.A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving. [1913 Webster]

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