supplication
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He would wear the appropriate religious attire for each setting, sometimes knelt in supplication and on occasion was moved to tears by sermons.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
“Two hundred years ago, the Congress of the United States issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation stating that it was ‘the indispensable duty of all nations’ to offer both praise and supplication to God.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Pilgrims raised their hands in supplication, took selfies or video, and phoned their relatives as they performed the tawaf.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
The surface, though, is rage and anxious supplication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
They flutter out and a fiftyish white woman comes in and goes through the same routine, leaving with the smile of supplication still frozen awkwardly on her face.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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