'Impetration' definitions:
Definition of 'Impetration'
From: GCIDE
- Impetration \Im`pe*tra"tion\, n. [L. impetratio: cf. F. imp['e]tration.]
- 1. The act of impetrating, or obtaining by petition or entreaty. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- In way of impertation procuring the removal or allevation of our crosses. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Old Eng. Law) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impetration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- aid prayer,
- Angelus,
- appeal,
- application,
- asking,
- Ave,
- Ave Maria,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- beseechment,
- bidding prayer,
- breviary,
- chaplet,
- collect,
- communion,
- contemplation,
- demand,
- desire,
- devotions,
- entreaty,
- expressed desire,
- grace,
- Hail Mary,
- imploration,
- indent,
- intercession,
- invocation,
- Kyrie Eleison,
- litany,
- meditation,
- obsecration,
- obtestation,
- orison,
- Paternoster,
- petition,
- prayer,
- prayer wheel,
- request,
- requisition,
- rogation,
- rosary,
- silent prayer,
- suit,
- supplication,
- thanks,
- thanksgiving,
- wish