supplicative

adj

adj

Etymology From supplicate + -ive.

Tending to supplicate

"Supplicative prayer, by contrast, is the more selfish version, in which one prays for rain, to pass an examination, to recover from an illness (or, less selfishly, for someone else to recover from an illness)."2003, Susan Leddy, Integrative Health Promotion: Conceptual Bases for Nursing Practice, page 432:

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