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Meaning of 'supplication' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Supplication [ n.]
- The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
- A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
- 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.

Meaning of 'supplication' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . supplication [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
Example in sentence:
  • the priest sank to his knees in prayer

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