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

The surface, though, is rage and anxious supplication.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

But she insists she won't comply until he frees her and then offer supplication.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2022

I washed my hands there, and made supplication to the gods who own Olympos, all the gods— but they, for answer, only closed my eyes under slow drops of sleep.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer