supplicantnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsʌp.lɪ.kənt/us/ˈsʌp.lə.kənt/also suppliant, /ˈsʌp.li.ənt/formala person who asks a god or someone who is in a position of power for something in a humble way
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Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- go over sb's head idiom
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- implore
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
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supplication
noun [ U ] uk/ˌsʌp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsʌp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Inside the temple, worhippersworshipers were kneeling in supplication.