supplicant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

supplicant
    adj 1: humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking
           forgiveness" [syn: {suppliant}, {supplicant},
           {supplicatory}]
    n 1: someone who prays to God [syn: {prayer}, {supplicant}]
    2: one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her
       favors" [syn: {petitioner}, {suppliant}, {supplicant},
       {requester}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See
   {Supplicate}, and cf. {Suppliant}.]
   Entreating; asking submissively. --Shak. --
   {Sup"pli*cant*ly}, adv.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Supplicant \Sup"pli*cant\, n.
   One who supplicates; a suppliant.
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         The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.
                                                  --Rogers.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "supplicant":
      appellant, applicant, asker, aspirant, beggar, begging, beseecher,
      beseeching, entreating, imploring, importunate, mendicant,
      petitioner, plaintiff, pleader, prayer, praying, solicitous,
      suitor, suppliant, supplicating, supplicator, supplicatory

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