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Supplication

The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

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Appeal 76% connected

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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Entreaty 76% connected

Treatment; reception; entertainment.

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Orison 76% connected

A prayer; a supplication.

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Petition 76% connected

A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a perso…

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Prayer 76% connected

One who prays; a supplicant.

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Worship 76% connected

Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.

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Benediction 76% connected

The act of blessing.

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Blessing 76% connected

of Bless

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Devotion 76% connected

The act of devoting; consecration.

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Rogation 76% connected

The demand, by the consuls or tribunes, of a law to be passed by the people; a proposed law or decree.

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Containing whole 1

Service 70% connected

Alt. of Service

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Invocation 92% connected

The act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plea 92% connected

That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prayer 92% connected

One who prays; a supplicant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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