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sup·pli·ca·tion    Audio Help   [suhp-li-key-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
an act or instance of supplicating; humble prayer, entreaty, or petition.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L supplicātiōn- (s. of supplicātiō). See supplicate, -ion]
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sup·pli·cate    Audio Help   (sŭp'lĭ-kāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   sup·pli·cat·ed, sup·pli·cat·ing, sup·pli·cates

v.   tr.
  1. To ask for humbly or earnestly, as by praying.
  2. To make a humble entreaty to; beseech.

v.   intr.
To make a humble, earnest petition; beg.


[Middle English supplicaten, from Latin supplicāre, supplicāt-, from supplex, supplic-, suppliant; see supple.]

sup'pli·ca'tion n., sup'pli·ca·to'ry (-kə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
supplication 
1384, from O.Fr. supplication, from L. supplicationem (nom. supplicatio), from supplicare "plead humbly" (see supple). In ancient Rome, a religious solemnity, especially in thanksgiving for a victory.

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supplication

noun
1. a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service [syn: invocation
2. a humble request for help from someone in authority 
3. 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" [syn: prayer

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supplication [sapliˈkeiʃən] noun
(an) earnest prayer or entreaty
Arabic: تَوَسُّل، تَضَرُّع
Chinese (Simplified): 祈求,祈愿
Chinese (Traditional): 祈求,祈願
Czech: prosba
Danish: bønfaldelse; tryglen
Dutch: smeking
Estonian: palve
Finnish: rukous
French: supplication
German: das Bittgebet
Greek: ικεσία
Hungarian: könyörgés
Icelandic: auðmjúk bæn; bón, beiðni
Indonesian: permohonan
Italian: supplica
Japanese: 嘆願
Korean: 탄원, 간청
Latvian: lūgšana; lūgums
Lithuanian: maldavimas
Norwegian: trygling, bønnfalling
Polish: prośba, błaganie
Portuguese (Brazil): súplica
Portuguese (Portugal): súplica
Romanian: implorare
Russian: просьба; мольба
Slovak: prosba, modlitba
Slovenian: ponižna prošnja
Spanish: súplica
Swedish: bön, vädjan
Turkish: yalvarma
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Supplication

Sup`pli*ca"tion\, n. [F. supplication, L. supplicatio.]

1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.

3. (Rom. Antiq.) 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.

Syn: Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving.
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