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A person making a humble or earnest request.

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suppliant

The tale opens with a suppliant asking the ruler for mercy.
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A suppliant arrived at the chamber carrying a carefully written personal appeal and asking earnestly for the weekly reading group to retain a meeting place.
From A Request Reaches the Council.
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