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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