SUPPLICATION
\sˌʌplɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˌʌplɪkˈeɪʃən], \s_ˌʌ_p_l_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
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A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
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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.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).