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supplication

/sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/

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What does supplication mean?

noun

  1. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
  2. du'a', minor or private prayer performed individually.
  3. A prayer or entreaty to a god.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.
  2. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.

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IPA pronunciation

/sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/

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“Stolen,” she shuddered, and thought of the dead soldier with his face uplifted to the sky in an agony of supplication.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
It is purely a religious ceremony, an elaborate supplication for rain, and is designed to propitiate the water god or snake deity.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
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At this time, it is said, Cato shed tears, while entreating them on behalf of the senators, and stretching out his hands in supplication.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
He looked upon her, while she made this supplication, in a wild distracted manner; and, when she was silent, gently raised her.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766
A priest clad in holy garments taketh Christ’s place that he may pray unto God with all supplication and humility for himself and for the whole people.
à Kempis ThomasThe Imitation of ChristTranslated by William BenhamProject Gutenberg ebook #1653