supplication

Meaning

Noun

• An act of supplicating; a humble request.
• A prayer or entreaty to a god.
• In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
• The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Origin

• From Middle English supplicacioun, supplication, from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, from supplicare.