'Supplicant' definitions:
Definition of 'supplicant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" [syn: suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory]
noun
Someone who prays to God [syn: prayer, supplicant]
noun
One praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors" [syn: petitioner, suppliant, supplicant, requester]
Definition of 'Supplicant'
From: GCIDE
- Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant.] Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. -- {Sup"pli*cant*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Supplicant'
From: GCIDE
- Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, n. One who supplicates; a suppliant. [1913 Webster]
- The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supplicant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appellant,
- applicant,
- asker,
- aspirant,
- beggar,
- begging,
- beseecher,
- beseeching,
- entreating,
- imploring,
- importunate,
- mendicant,
- petitioner,
- plaintiff,
- pleader,
- prayer,
- praying,
- solicitous,
- suitor,
- suppliant,
- supplicating,
- supplicator,
- supplicatory