1. (n.) The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
2. (n.) A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
3. (n.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods.
Thesaurus Entries
Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, adjuration, aid prayer, appeal, application, beadroll, beads, begging, beseeching, beseechment, bid, bidding prayer, breviary, call, chaplet, clamor, collect, communion, contemplation, cry, devotions, entreating, entreaty, grace, impetration, imploration, imploring, imprecation, intercession, invocation, invocatory plea, litany, meditation, obsecration, obtestation, orison, petition, plea, pleading, prayer, prayer wheel, rogation, rosary, silent prayer, solicitation, soliciting, suit, supplicating, thanks, thanksgiving
