English-Thai Dictionary

supplication

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPLICATION

n.[L. supplicatio.] 1. Entreaty; humble and earnest prayer in worship. In all our supplications to the Father of mercies, let us remember a world lying in ignorance and wickedness.
2. Petition; earnest request.
3. In Roman antiquity, a religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success. It consisted in sacrifices, feasting, offering thanks, and praying for a continuance of success.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUPPLICATION

Sup `pli *ca "tion, n. Etym: [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.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

supplication

sup pli ca tion |ˌsəpliˈkāSHən sʌplɪˈkeɪʃn | ▶noun the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly: he fell to his knees in supplication.

 

Oxford Dictionary

supplication

sup ¦pli |ca ¦tion |ˌsʌplɪˈkeɪʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly: he fell to his knees in supplication.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

supplication

supplication noun she made one last supplication to Sally: entreaty, plea, appeal, petition, solicitation, exhortation, urge, prayer, invocation, suit, request, application; beseeching, begging, pleading; archaic orison; rare imploration, obsecration.

 

French Dictionary

supplication

supplication n. f. nom féminin Imploration. : Cessez vos supplications, vous n ’obtiendrez rien de plus. SYNONYME appel ; requête . Note Orthographique su pp li c ation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

supplication

s ù p pli c á tion 名詞 U C 嘆願 [哀願 ] (すること ).