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

A violet in the youth of primy nature, Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

Each page is studded with five stars, each as unique as the century-flower, and, like the night-blooming cereus, "the perfume and suppliance of a minute"—ipsa varietate variora.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various

Peace! shriek not to the bright prophetic god, Who will not brook the suppliance of woe.

From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)

The colonel had brushed it aside with rough hand and sharp word; the major had come penitent and in suppliance.

From The Rustler of Wind River by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)