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

The perfume and suppliance of a minute; No more.

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

In his heart surrender and suppliance, and before him always the necessity of silence until he could come again, and he must go that he might come again.

From The Man in Lonely Land by Bosher, Kate Langley

At midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power; In dreams, through camp and court he bore.

From Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier by Carhart, Margaret Spraque

"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 Glengarry School Days: a story of early days in Glengarry by Connor, Ralph

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