supplication
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
supplication (countable and uncountable, plural supplications)
- An act of supplicating; a humble request.
- A prayer or entreaty to a god.
- (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
- The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.
Translations[edit]
an act of supplicating
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a prayer
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin supplicātiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
supplication f (plural supplications)
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Further reading[edit]
- “supplication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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