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What does entreaty mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
  2. (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.
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What is important is that we hold a conscious intention for the wellbeing of another, whether it's an entreaty to God or a loving feeling.
When the home crowd chanted Rooney's name in the first half it was an entreaty to make a difference rather a celebration of his efforts.
It sought to free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained it.
It is no longer a question of an imperative prayer, but of an entreaty or a supplication.
She then went away, at her friend's entreaty, after emptying her purse in my nurse's hands.
Upon his entreaty, the Cistercian abbey Cherlieu in Burgundy delegated abbot Gerhard with 12 monks and some brothers.

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