Supplicant

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See
     {Supplicate}, and cf. {Suppliant}.]
     Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. --
     {Sup"pli*cant*ly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, n.
     One who supplicates; a suppliant.
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           The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.
                                                    --Rogers.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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