he knelt in supplication

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• supplication — sup|pli|ca|tion [ˌsʌplıˈkeıʃən] n [U] literary when someone asks for help from someone in power or from God in supplication ▪ Paolo knelt and bowed his head in supplication …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Knelt — Kneel Kneel (n[=e]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelt} (n[e^]lt) or {Kneeled} (n[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Kneeling}.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D. knielen, Dan. kn[ae]le. See {Knee}.] To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; sometimes with …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Clifford, John, Lord Clifford — (c. 1435–1461)    Motivated by the slaying of his father by the Yorkists at the Battle of ST. ALBANS in May 1455, John CLIFFORD, ninth Lord Clifford, committed such violent acts of battlefield vengeance against his opponents that he won the… …   Encyclopedia of the Wars of the Roses

• sup|pli|ca|tion — «SUHP luh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the action of supplicating: »He knelt in supplication. Their grave, white faces lifted in a single supplication to the ship (Thomas Wolfe). 2. Usually, supplications. a humble and earnest request or prayer:… …   Useful english dictionary

• sup·pli·ca·tion — /ˌsʌpləˈkeıʃən/ noun, pl tions formal : an act of asking for something in a respectful way [count] their prayers and supplications to God [noncount] They knelt in supplication before the king …   Useful english dictionary

• Kneeling and Genuflection —     Genuflexion     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Genuflexion     To genuflect [Lat. genu flectere, geniculare (post classic), to bend the knee; Gr. gonu klinein or kamptein] expresses:     ♦ an attitude     ♦ a gesture: involving, like prostration,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Tachanun — or Taḥanun (Hebrew: תחנון Supplication ), also called nefillat apayim ( falling on the face ) is part of Judaism s morning (Shacharit) and afternoon (Mincha) services, after the recitation of the Amidah, the central part of the daily Jewish… …   Wikipedia

• St. Maximus of Constantinople —     St. Maximus of Constantinople     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Maximus of Constantinople     Known as the Theologian and as Maximus Confessor, born at Constantinople about 580; died in exile 13 August, 662. He is one of the chief names in… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Coronation of the Russian monarch — Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna in 1896 The Coronation of the Russian monarch was a religious ceremony of the Russian Orthodox Church, the state church of the Russian Empire, in which the Emperor of Russia (generally… …   Wikipedia

• supplicate — verb (I, T) literary to ask or pray for help from someone in power or from God supplication / sVpli keISFn/ noun (U): Paolo knelt and bowed his head in supplication …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Kneel — (n[=e]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knelt} (n[e^]lt) or {Kneeled} (n[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Kneeling}.] [OE. knelen, cneolien; akin to D. knielen, Dan. kn[ae]le. See {Knee}.] To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; sometimes with down. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English