Associations to the word «Supplication»

Wiktionary

SUPPLICATION, noun. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
SUPPLICATION, noun. A prayer or entreaty to a god.

Dictionary definition

SUPPLICATION, noun. A prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service.
SUPPLICATION, noun. A humble request for help from someone in authority.
SUPPLICATION, noun. The act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving); "the priest sank to his knees in prayer".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats