supplicants
Those who beg
Supplicants are people who humbly ask for something from someone in authority.
The word carries a sense of earnest pleading, often with deference or desperation: Supplicants waited outside the temple for the priest's blessing.
The singular is supplicant, which can also function as an adjective describing a humble, beseeching manner.
Given to worship
- worshipfulFeeling or showing reverence
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
- reverentFeeling profound respect
- devotionalRelating to worship
penitent · kneeling · pilgrims · devotees · faithful · seekers · petitioners · shrine
Those making formal requests
- appellantsThose challenging lower rulings
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
- plaintiffsThose initiating lawsuits
- applicantsThose seeking acceptance
refugees · appellate · court · tribunal · immigration · clemency · pardon · amnesty
Humbly unassertive
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
groveling · bowing · lowly · obsequious · entreating · desperate · powerless · vulnerable
Royal court members
- subjectsAreas of study
- vassalsFeudal subordinates owing service
- clientsThose receiving professional services
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
dependents · audience · throne · monarch · patron · benefactor · mercy · clemency
prayerful
Given to worship
- worshipfulFeeling or showing reverence
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
- reverentFeeling profound respect
devotional · penitent · kneeling · pilgrims · devotees · faithful · seekers · petitioners · shrine · altar
petitioners
Those making formal requests
- appellantsThose challenging lower rulings
- claimantsThose asserting ownership
- plaintiffsThose initiating lawsuits
applicants · refugees · appellate · court · tribunal · immigration · clemency · pardon · amnesty · naturalization
meek
Humbly unassertive
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
imploring · groveling · bowing · lowly · obsequious · entreating · desperate · powerless · vulnerable · dependent
courtiers
Royal court members
- subjectsAreas of study
- vassalsFeudal subordinates owing service
- clientsThose receiving professional services
beneficiaries · dependents · audience · throne · monarch · patron · benefactor · mercy · clemency · boon
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- requestersrequester, asker, askers, seeker, seekers
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
- admirersfans, devotees, followers, enthusiasts, admirers
- devoteesdevotee, devotees, adherent, adherents, follower
- churchgoerschurchgoer, churchgoers, parishioner, parishioners, congregant
supplicantsrulers
Measuring straightedges; sovereigns
authorities · commanders · demanders · sovereigns · overlords