SUPPLIANCE
Sup*pli"ance, n. Etym: [See Suppliant.]
Defn: Supplication; entreaty.
When Greece her knee in suppliance bent. Halleck.
SUPPLIANT Sup"pli*ant, a. Etym: [F., p.pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.]
1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden.
2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee. Milton.
Syn.
— Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring.
— Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv.
— Sup"pli*ant*ness, n.
SUPPLIANT
Sup"pli*ant, n.
Defn: One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats
submissively.
Hear thy suppliant's prayer. Dryden.
SUPPLICANCY
Sup"pli*can*cy, n.
Defn: Supplication. [R.]