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supplication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | invocation |
| Type of | petition, orison, prayer |
| Has types | rogation |
supplication::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | prayer |
| Type of | worship |
| Has types | devotion, blessing, benediction |
Examples of supplication
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Supplication is also closely associated with the secular notion of appeasement.
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The parents stood on either side of the child, tilting toward him in supplication.
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Never did Javier Hernandez's prayer of supplication appear more appropriate.
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A du'a, or supplication, serves as an intimate expression of oneself to God.
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King's words sprang from a supplication that invoked the noblest of causes.
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Many kneeled in a circle with eyes closed and arms raised in supplication.
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At the end of every Sikh prayer is a supplication for the welfare of all of humanity.
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A Du'a, or supplication, is largely an appeal to God on behalf of oneself or another.
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The concept of supplication is also perfectly at home in a secular context.
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- Invocation: a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
- A humble request for help from someone in authority
- Prayer: 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"
- (supplicate) ask humbly (for something); "He supplicated the King for clemency"
- (supplicatory) suppliant: humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
- Supplication (also known as petitioning) is the most common form of prayer, wherein a person asks a supernatural deity to provide something, either for the person who is praying or for someone else on whose behalf a prayer of supplication is being made, also known as intercession.
- An act of supplicating; a humble request; A prayer or entreaty to a god
- (supplicate) To humble oneself before another in making a request; to beg; To plead with one's deity
- (Supplications (Du'a)) translated by William Chittick^[114]
