suppliance

¹ American  

[suh-plahy-uhns] / səˈplaɪ əns /

noun

1. the act, method, or process of supplying.

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suppliance ² American  

[suhp-lee-uhns] / ˈsʌp li əns /

noun

1. appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication.

   He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.

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Etymology

Origin of suppliance¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; supply ¹ + -ance

Origin of suppliance²

First recorded in 1605–15; suppli(ant) + -ance

Example Sentences

Blest is that hour when breeze of poesy From far the ancient fragrance wafts to me; This time thrice blest, because it came unsought, "Sweet suppliance," and dear, because unbought.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

I really cannot allow you to continue 29 this suppliance.

From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis

You could see mighty outlines, singly and in groups, of gods and beasts and men, in combat, in suppliance, in death and burial.

From The Legion of Lazarus by Hamilton, Edmond

To enlist his offices in behalf of         their cherished dying leader, the oldest medicine-man, by virtue         of seniority, ordered a sacrifice to be made as an offering         of adoration and suppliance.

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry

At midnight, in his guarded tent,      The Turk lay dreaming of the hour    When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent,      Should tremble at his power.

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes