Bible Dictionaries
Supplication
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(n.) The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Supplication'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/supplication.html. 1828.