'Supplication' definitions:
Definition of 'supplication'
(from WordNet)
noun
A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service [syn: invocation, supplication]
noun
A humble request for help from someone in authority [syn: supplication, plea]
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" [syn: prayer, supplication]
Definition of 'Supplication'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'supplication'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjuration,
- aid prayer,
- Angelus,
- appeal,
- application,
- Ave,
- Ave Maria,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- begging,
- beseeching,
- beseechment,
- bid,
- bidding prayer,
- breviary,
- call,
- chaplet,
- clamor,
- collect,
- communion,
- contemplation,
- cry,
- devotions,
- entreating,
- entreaty,
- grace,
- Hail Mary,
- impetration,
- imploration,
- imploring,
- imprecation,
- intercession,
- invocation,
- invocatory plea,
- Kyrie Eleison,
- litany,
- meditation,
- obsecration,
- obtestation,
- orison,
- Paternoster,
- petition,
- plea,
- pleading,
- prayer,
- prayer wheel,
- rogation,
- rosary,
- silent prayer,
- solicitation,
- soliciting,
- suit,
- supplicating,
- thanks,
- thanksgiving