supplicant

/sˈʌplɪkənt/

/ˈsəpɫəkənt/

[noun] [adjective]

Supplicant

[NOUN]

someone who makes a humble, submissive request or plea, often to a person or deity in a position of higher power

synonyms : petitioner

requester

suppliant

someone who prays to God

synonyms : prayer

supplicant

[ADJECTIVE]

the act of applying paving materials to an area

synonyms : pavage

paving

humbly entreating

synonyms : suppliant

supplicatory

Examples

1. Most supplicants bring two options for the Pythia to choose between, alongside the obligatory sacrificial cake.

2. Supplicants gracefully climb the same steps we do, bringing offerings to the king.

3. It's not the adult advertisers versus the supplicant teens of yore.

4. Los Angeles County is choking with these supplicants to glittering visions, like that of impressing one's handprints in the cement sidewalk outside of Mann's Chinese, or delivering a sexual pleasuring to a studio head.