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f (-e/-a) In relig. lang., humiliation, a public prayer or supplication, an act of worship; Esp., a sacrificing, offering; out of the relig. sphere, an humble entreaty or petition, a supplication in gen.; To receive punishment; hence, punishment, penalty, torture, torment, pain, distress, suffering (class. and freq.; usu. of the penalty of death; syn. poena).;[supplicium?]