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Your pictures came to the presence of the servant of God, who is supplicating to His Kingdom that He may cause to descend upon you the heavenly blessings.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

You may be sure all the members of the assembly are remembered in his prayers, and he is supplicating for their guidance and success in the discharge of their sacred duties.

From Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand by Shoghi Effendi

The Midē´ is supplicating the Midē´ spirits for aid in his wishes to cure the sick.

From The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 by Hoffman, Walter James