Category: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.