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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
Synonyms
Examples for "invocation"
Examples for "invocation"
1
An invocation can also express thanks for past blessings from the deity.
Witch School's First Degree
2
After this introductory invocation begins the real song in a different metre.
The Religions of India / Handbooks on the History of Religions, ...
3
Brexit is the first invocation of the Article by a Member State.
The Irish Times
4
After the invocation to the muse he thinks he hears her playing:
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes
5
But the Egyptian seemed to address a silent invocation to the mummy.
Idolatry: A Romance
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