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Supplicatio as a form of religious expression is distinct in meaning from the general English definition of supplication as an act of beseeching following a military defeat or surrender, for which the Latin word submissio was more commonly used. [3]
Supplication (also known as petitioning) is a form of prayer, wherein one party humbly or earnestly asks another party to provide something, either for the party who is doing the supplicating (e.g., "Please spare my life.") or on behalf of someone else.
One example of supplication is the Catholic ritual of novena (from novem, the Latin word for "nine") wherein one repeatedly asks for the same favor over a period of nine days. This ritual began in France and Spain during the Middle Ages when a nine-day period of hymns and prayers led up to a Christmas feast, a period which ended with gift giving.
As a supplication or prayer, an invocation implies calling upon God, a god, goddess, or person.When a person calls upon God, a god, or goddess to ask for something (protection, a favour, or their spiritual presence in a ceremony) or simply for worship, this can be done in a pre-established form or with the invoker's own words or actions.
Litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Jewish worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions.The word comes through Latin litania from Ancient Greek λιτανεία (litaneía), which in turn comes from λιτή (litḗ), meaning "prayer, supplication".
Liturgy in the Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church. Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. [1] As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and participation in the sacred through activities reflecting praise, thanksgiving, remembrance, supplication, or repentance.
Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor.
An Indonesian Muslim man doing dua. Muslims regard this as a profound act of worship. Muhammad is reported to have said, "Dua is itself a worship." [3] [4]There is a special emphasis on du'a in Muslim spirituality and early Muslims took great care to record the supplications of Muhammad and his family and transmit them to subsequent generations. [5]