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supplication n. 恳求,哀求,祈愿 恳求,哀求,祈愿 supplication n 1: a prayer asking God' s help as part of a religious service [ synonym: { invocation}, { supplication}] 2: a humble request for help from someone in authority [ synonym: { supplication}, { plea}] 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" [ synonym: { prayer}, { supplication}] Supplication \ Sup` pli* ca" tion\, n. [ F. supplication, L. supplicatio.] 1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving. [ 1913 Webster] 55 Moby Thesaurus words for " supplication": Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, adjuration, aid prayer, appeal, application, beadroll, beads, begging, beseeching, beseechment, bid, bidding prayer, breviary, call, chaplet, clamor, collect, communion, contemplation, cry, devotions, entreating, entreaty, grace, impetration, imploration, imploring, imprecation, intercession, invocation, invocatory plea, litany, meditation, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, prayer wheel, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, solicitation, soliciting, suit, supplicating, thanks, thanksgiving
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