supplicant

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).

The supplicants were brought before Mgr. — Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber : $b or, The influence of Romanism on trade, justice, and knowledge, J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie
Churches generally had a small apartment prepared for the reception of supplicants. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
But, O ye Gods, consent to grant The longing of your supplicant. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki

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