supplication Definition
sup·pli·ca·tion (sup′lə kā′s̸hən)
noun
- the act of supplicating
- a humble request, prayer, petition, etc.
supplication Synonyms
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.
Browse dictionary entries near supplication
- ‹ supplicate
- ‹ supplicant
- ‹ suppliant
- ‹ suppliance
- ‹ suppletory
- ‹ suppletion
- ‹ supplementary angle
- ‹ supplementary
- ‹ supplement
- ‹ supplejack
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