supplication

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of supplicating; a humble request.
2. (countable, uncountable) An act of supplicating; a humble request.
3. (countable, uncountable) A prayer or entreaty to a god.
4. (countable, historical, uncountable) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
5. (countable, uncountable) The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Synonyms

entreaty

prayer

request

plea

petition

appeal

solicitation

invocation

orison

demand

rogation

suit

praying

requisition

pleading

imploration

adjuration

humble entreaty

application

asking

begging

blessing

devotions

intercession

need

paternoster

petitioning

suppliance

supplicating

obsecration

earnest request

earnest entreaty

Translations

súplica

ικεσία

Gebet

supplication

preghiera

prière

implorazione

smeekbede

petición

supplique

oraison

δέηση

προσευχή

domanda

❓

súplica

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sʌplɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: supplicacioun

In summary

From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”). By surface analysis, supplicate + -ion.