| Pronunciation: | | 'suplukent
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| Matching Terms: | | supplicancy
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- [n] one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
- [n] someone who prays to God
- [adj] humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
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| | Synonyms: | | beseeching, petitioner, prayer, suppliant, suppliant, supplicatory |
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| | See Also: | | applicant, applier, beadsman, bedesman, besieger, canvasser, postulant, religionist, religious person, solicitor |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sup"pli*cant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See
{Supplicate}, and cf. {Suppliant}.]
Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. --
{Sup"pli*cant*ly}, adv.
\Sup"pli*cant\, n.
One who supplicates; a suppliant.
The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.
--Rogers.
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