c1422 (P.R.O.) 110.5499 (MED) He, of hys gracious lordchipe, for the lovable seruice that the sayde suppliant had done vn to hym, presented hym..to the prebende forsayde.
1429–30 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §31. m. 9 The seide suppliauntz doubten hem of damage and prejudice.
1472–3 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §52. m. 10 By the same auctorite, your seid suppliant and his heires have, possede, joye and enherit all maner of possessions and hereditaments.
a1525 ( (1908) II. 429 Albe-it your pore suppleant to his gret coste & charge hath demaunded the contentacion therof, ȝit he in no wyse can be satisfied.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria ii. vi. f. 74v The blessed virgin..with her rodde loosed the bandes of her suppliant.
1597 W. Shakespeare i. i. 74 Heard ye not what an humble suppliant Lord Hastings was to her for his deliuery.
1622 F. Bacon 176 Hee had receiued him as a Suppliant..and espoused him with his Kinswoman.
1667 J. Milton x. 917 Thy suppliant I beg, and clasp thy knees. View more context for this quotation
1738 J. Wesley (new ed.) iv. i God of my Righteousness Thy humble Suppliant hear.
1786 T. Baldwin xii. 72 Columns of white Smoke, wafted from Silver Censers, rise to a certain Height in slow majestic Movement, before the Eyes of the kneeling Suppliants.
1814 Ld. Byron v The Arbiter of others' fate A Suppliant for his own!
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton II. viii. iii. 239 The mother is a suppliant to the son for the son.
1894 11 101 The suppliant prays to her to intercede for him in his dire distress.
1964 M. Stewart (1965) xx. 226 My hand stretched out like those of the traditional suppliant.
1996 J. Hegland (1997) 188 You have to go down on all fours like an animal or a suppliant.