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noun
An act of supplicating; a humble request.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An act of supplicating; a humble request.
du'a', minor or private prayer performed individually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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noun
A prayer or entreaty to a god.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: prayer
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Broader terms: worship
Narrower terms: devotion, blessing, benediction
noun
a humble request for help from someone in authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: plea
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Broader terms: entreaty, prayer, appeal
noun
a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: invocation
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Broader terms: prayer, petition, orison
Narrower terms: rogation
History
From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”). By surface analysis, supplicate + -ion.
Across languages
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
