supplication
11SUPPLICATION — s. f. Prière avec soumission. Très humble supplication. Faire une supplication, des supplications. Il fallut en venir aux supplications. Par prières et supplications. Des supplications touchantes. De vaines supplications. De basses supplications …
12SUPPLICATION — n. f. Prière humble et instante. Faire une supplication, des supplications. Il fallut en venir aux supplications. Très humble supplication. Des supplications touchantes. De vaines supplications. SUPPLICATIONS, au pluriel, s’est dit, en termes… …
13supplication — sup|pli|ca|tion [ˌsʌplıˈkeıʃən] n [U] literary when someone asks for help from someone in power or from God in supplication ▪ Paolo knelt and bowed his head in supplication …
14supplication — [[t]sʌ̱plɪke͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] supplications N VAR A supplication is a prayer to God or a respectful request to someone in authority for help. [FORMAL] He raised his arms in a gesture of supplication... The Labour government has to date resisted all… …
15supplication — /sup li kay sheuhn/, n. an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition. [1350 1400; ME < L supplication (s. of supplicatio). See SUPPLICATE, ION] * * * …
16supplication — supplicate ► VERB ▪ ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly. DERIVATIVES supplicant adjective & noun supplication noun supplicatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin supplicare implore …
17Supplication against the Ordinaries — The Supplication against the Ordinaries was a petition passed by the House of Commons in 1532. It was the result of grievances against Church of England prelates and the clergy. Ordinaries in this Act means a cleric, such as the residential… …
18supplication — noun see supplicate …
19supplication — noun /sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/ a) An act of supplicating; a humble request. b) Specifically, a prayer or entreaty to a god …
20supplication — Synonyms and related words: Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, adjuration, aid prayer, appeal, application, beadroll, beads, begging, beseeching, beseechment, bid, bidding prayer, breviary, call, chaplet, clamor,… …