2 example sentences using suppliant.
Suppliant used in a sentence
Suppliant in a sentence as a noun
But you might or might not want to think of this as a supplant to books, or books as a suppliant to this.
Suppliant in a sentence as an adjective
He was informed that the North was agitated by a furious tempest; that the irruption of the Huns, an unknown and monstrous race of savages, had subverted the power of the Goths; and that the suppliant multitudes of that warlike nation, whose pride was now humbled in the dust, covered a space many miles along the banks of the river.
Suppliant definitions
noun
one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
See also: petitioner supplicant requester
adjective
humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
See also: supplicant supplicatory