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

Derived forms: supplications

See also: supplicate

Type of: appeal, entreaty, orison [archaic], petition, prayer, worship

Part of: divine service, religious service, service

Encyclopedia: Supplication

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