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supplication Definition

sup·pli·ca·tion (sup′lə kās̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of supplicating
  2. a humble request, prayer, petition, etc.

supplication Synonyms

supplication

n.

supplication Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • make: Add not thereto; And make supplication concerning thy former sins.
  • come: Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word.
  • offer: Vouchsafe, O Theotokos, that I may offer pure supplications to the King of all, and ask remission of transgressions.
  • perform: Supplication If you know this ceremony then you can perform a supplication to your deity.
  • cry: I heard cries, supplications, moaning, and shots.
  • receive: Theotokion Lady, do thou receive the supplications of thy slaves, and deliver us from every affliction and necessity.

Adjective modifier

  • earnest: When, conscious of his helplessness, he combined his pleading with earnest supplication did the miracle of a spiritual resurrection happen.
  • humble: Request them to present their humble supplication to the King.
  • thy: O holy hierarch of the Lord, by thy constant supplications to God deliver from all need those who with faith celebrate thy memory.
  • constant: O holy hierarch of the Lord, by thy constant supplications to God deliver from all need those who with faith celebrate thy memory.
  • other: As for devotions and invocations, whoever wisheth may, after the Obligatory Prayers, recite other supplications of the Blessed Perfection.

Noun used with modifier

thy: O saint of God, by thy supplications entreat Him to have pity on us all.

Preposition: of

man: The supplication of a righteous man avails much in its working.

Preposition: with

thanksgiving: Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Preposition: for

power: He was a man of prayer and he made, in verses 4 to 9, a supplication for divine power.