Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See
Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant.]
Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, n.
One who supplicates; a suppliant.
[1913 Webster]
The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.
--Rogers.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
supplicant
adj : humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
[syn: suppliant, supplicatory]
n 1: someone who prays to God [syn: prayer]
2: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her
favors" [syn: petitioner, suppliant]
WordNet (r) 2.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "supplicant":
appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, beggar, begging, beseecher,
beseeching, entreating, imploring, importunate, mendicant,
petitioner, plaintiff, pleader, prayer, praying, solicitous,
suitor, suppliant, supplicating, supplicator, supplicatory
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
petitioner, prayer, suppliant, supplicatory
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