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Meanings of supplication in English

Spanish
súplica

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

        súplica
        Portuguese
        súplica
        Catalan
        súplica
        Spanish
        súplica

        A humble request for help from someone in authority.

              súplica
              Portuguese
              carola
              Catalan
              súplica

              The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

                    carola
                    Usage of supplication in English
                    1
                    And the middle-classes look up in worship and the lower-classes in supplication.
                    Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
                    2
                    Thus the opening of the supplication inspires veneration and confidence in Mary.
                    The Excellence of the Rosary / Conferences for Devotions in Hono...
                    3
                    The old idea of orthodox prayer was that of supplication and begging.
                    The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It
                    4
                    His voice softens; blind confidence and supplication give it an unusual tone.
                    The New Book of Martyrs
                    5
                    The frightened wretch pressed his hands together in an attitude of supplication.
                    Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson / Or, A...
                    6
                    The hands of Hermas, stretched out in supplication, touched the marble table.
                    The Blue Flower
                    7
                    And let not the supplication to the Author of Good be wanting.
                    Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.
                    8
                    The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.
                    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
                    9
                    Always in all my prayers making supplication for you all with joy:
                    The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
                    10
                    And in that they were a supplication he had gained a victory.
                    Coniston — Volume 04
                    11
                    The power raised up to answer that supplication was Alfred the Great.
                    The Leading Facts of English History
                    12
                    I strewed my soul in supplication, and there was talk of winding-sheets.
                    Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases: Seventeen Short Stories
                    13
                    He saw the contorted shadow lift its arms, as if in supplication.
                    The Wolf’s Hour
                    14
                    This assemblage of souls have turned their faces unto Thee in supplication.
                    The Promulgation of Universal Peace
                    15
                    His feelings became tender, and I knelt by his bedside in supplication.
                    A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
                    16
                    A young officer came up, and drooped in mute supplication before her.
                    Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2
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                    Translations for supplication
                    Portuguese
                    súplicacarola
                    Supplication through the time
                    Supplication across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common