SUPPLICATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

2.
n.

A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.

3.
n.

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.