'Supplicatory' definitions:
Definition of 'supplicatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness" [syn: suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory]
Definition of 'Supplicatory'
From: GCIDE
- Supplicatory \Sup"pli*ca*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. supplicatoire.] Containing supplication; humble; earnest. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supplicatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adorant,
- adoring,
- begging,
- cadging,
- devotional,
- devout,
- imploring,
- in the dust,
- mendicant,
- mooching,
- on bended knee,
- petitionary,
- prayerful,
- precative,
- precatory,
- prostrate before,
- reverent,
- reverential,
- scrounging,
- solemn,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- supplicating,
- venerational,
- venerative,
- worshipful,
- worshiping