meaning of supplication
1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
3. 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.
4. 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
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