Definitions for supplication
sup·pli·ca·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. invocation, supplicationnoun

   a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service

2. supplication, pleanoun

   a humble request for help from someone in authority

3. prayer, supplicationnoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. supplicationnoun

   An act of supplicating; a humble request.

2. supplicationnoun

   A prayer or entreaty to a god.

3. Etymology: From Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, from supplicare ‘to supplicate’.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supplicationnoun

   Etymology: supplication, Fr. from supplicate.

   1. Petition humbly delivered; entreaty.

   My lord protector will come this way by and by, and then we may deliver our supplications in the quill. William Shakespeare.

   My mother bows,
   As if Olympus to a mole-hill should
   In supplication nod. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   2. Petitionary worship; the adoration of a suppliant or petitioner.

   Praying with all prayer and supplication, with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. Eph. vi. 18.

   Bend thine ear
   To supplication; hear his sighs though mute. John Milton.

   These prove the common practice of the worship of images in the Roman church, as to the rites of supplication and adoration, to be as extravagant as among the heathens. Edward Stillingfleet.

   We should testify our dependence upon God, and our confidence of his goodness by constant prayers and supplications for mercy. John Tillotson.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Supplication

   Supplication (also known as petitioning) is a form of prayer, wherein one party humbly or earnestly asks another party to provide something, either for the party who is doing the supplicating (e.g., "Please spare my life.") or on behalf of someone else.

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1. supplication

   Supplication is a sincere, humble, and earnest request or prayer to a higher power, such as God, for assistance, protection, guidance, or forgiveness. It can also refer to an appeal or plead to someone in a position of authority or influence.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Supplicationnoun

   the act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship

2. Supplicationnoun

   a humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty

3. Supplicationnoun

   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

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1. Supplication

   Supplication is the most common form of prayer, wherein a person asks God to provide something, either for the person who is doing the praying or on behalf of someone else. This is because a supplication is being made, also known as intercession. In Christianity, the prayer of supplication for health by and on behalf of the sick is referenced in early Christian writings in the New Testament, especially James 5:13-16. One example of supplication is the Catholic ritual of novena wherein one repeatedly asks for the same favor over a period of nine days. This ritual began in Spain during the Middle Ages when a nine-day period of hymns and prayers led up to a Christmas feast, a period which ended with gift giving. A contemporary Christian example of supplication is the practice of the Daily Prayer for Peace by the Community of Christ where a member prays for peace each day at a specified time. Philippians 4:6 says, "Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." In Islam, the Arabic word duʻā is used to refer to supplications. Adʻiya may be made in any language, although there are many traditional Islamic supplications in Arabic, Persian and Turkish. In Islam, duʻā tends to mean personal prayer.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of supplication in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of supplication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of supplication in a Sentence

1. Rashid Omar:

   My main goal is -- apart from fulfilling the fifth pillar of Islam( Saudi Arabia The Hajj) -- is the supplication, the duaa' that this act of violence and act of terrorism will never happen again anywhere to anybody, it's very painful as a family of the deceased, to have a loved one gone. It doesn't matter what race or religion we are. We suffer the same.

2. Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, chapter 10 (1916):

   [Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=supplication
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Supplication
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=supplication
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplication
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supplication
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=supplication