supplication

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service
  2. noun a humble request for help from someone in authority
  3. noun the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

Etymology

From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”). By surface analysis, supplicate + -ion.

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invocation

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