Supplication
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| + | # To [[humble]] oneself before another in making a request; to [[beg]]. | ||
| + | # To [[plead]] with one's [[deity]]. | ||
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| '''Supplication''' (also known as '''petitioning''') is the most common form of [[prayer]], wherein a person asks a [[supernatural]] [[deity]] to provide something, either for the person who is praying or for someone else on whose behalf a prayer of supplication is being made. | '''Supplication''' (also known as '''petitioning''') is the most common form of [[prayer]], wherein a person asks a [[supernatural]] [[deity]] to provide something, either for the person who is praying or for someone else on whose behalf a prayer of supplication is being made. | ||
| The concept is perfectly at home with secular use. The supplicant may also be described as a suppliant but the former word is more commonly used. The key meaning is of a request by the lesser person in an acknowledged unequal relationship. | The concept is perfectly at home with secular use. The supplicant may also be described as a suppliant but the former word is more commonly used. The key meaning is of a request by the lesser person in an acknowledged unequal relationship. | ||
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Supplication (also known as petitioning) is the most common form of prayer, wherein a person asks a supernatural deity to provide something, either for the person who is praying or for someone else on whose behalf a prayer of supplication is being made.
The concept is perfectly at home with secular use. The supplicant may also be described as a suppliant but the former word is more commonly used. The key meaning is of a request by the lesser person in an acknowledged unequal relationship. [1] [May 2007]
