'Entreaty' definitions:
Definition of 'entreaty'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Entreaty'
From: GCIDE
- Entreaty \En*treat"y\, n.; pl. Entreaties.
- 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. [1913 Webster]
- Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. --Spenser.
- Syn: Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'entreaty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjuration,
- aid prayer,
- Angelus,
- appeal,
- application,
- Ave,
- Ave Maria,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- beseechment,
- bid,
- bidding prayer,
- breviary,
- call,
- chaplet,
- clamor,
- collect,
- communion,
- contemplation,
- cry,
- devotions,
- grace,
- Hail Mary,
- impetration,
- imploration,
- imploring,
- imprecation,
- intercession,
- invocation,
- invocatory plea,
- Kyrie Eleison,
- litany,
- meditation,
- obsecration,
- obtestation,
- orison,
- Paternoster,
- petition,
- plea,
- prayer,
- prayer wheel,
- rogation,
- rosary,
- silent prayer,
- suit,
- supplication,
- thanks,
- thanksgiving