Both Uses of
supplicate
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- The learned prelate who administered the last comforts of holy religion to the hero martyr when about to pay the death penalty knelt in a most christian spirit in a pool of rainwater, his cassock above his hoary head, and offered up to the throne of grace fervent prayers of supplication.†
Chpt 12
- And still the voices sang in supplication to the Virgin most powerful, Virgin most merciful.†
Chpt 13 *
Definition:
ask humbly (for something)