supplication

Meanings

Plural: supplications

Noun

• a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
• a humble request for help from someone in authority
• the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
• An act of supplicating; a humble request.
• An act of supplicating; a humble request.
• du'a', minor or private prayer performed individually.
• A prayer or entreaty to a god.
• In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
• The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Synonyms

invocation, plea, prayer