Supplicant

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A '''Supplicant''', one who supplicates, is a term to applied to humble petitioners, and in particular to University of Oxford students who have qualified but not yet been admitted into their degree.  
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A '''supplicant''', one who supplicates, is a term that is applied to humble petitioners.
  
At both Oxford and Cambridge, students are presented during the degree ceremony with a form of words that begins with the Latin verb "supplicant". The Cambridge text is:
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Within [[BDSM]], the word '''supplicant''' is often used to a refer to a [[submissive]] applicant, hoping to enter the service of a particular [[dominant]] or [[Houses|household]].
  
:"Supplicant reverentiis vestris viri mulieresque quorum nomina juxta senaculum in porticu proposuit hodie Registrarius nec delevit Procancellarius ut gradum quisque quem rite petivit assequantur."
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In the [[Gor]] novels of John Norman, a "supplicant" (or "suppliant" or "penitent") is a conventional role within a stylised ritual ceremony during which the leaders and prominent inhabitants of a conquered city beg for mercy from their conquerors.  A supplicant traditionally wears nothing but a simple plain white robe (accompanied by a [[veil fetishism|veil]] in the case of women), and is [[naked]] and barefoot beneath the robe, symbolising a transitional status between freedom and possible slavery (at the whim of the conquerors).
 
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:"Those men and women whose names the Registrary has today posted in the arcade beside the Senate-House and which the Vice-Chancellor has not deleted beg your reverences that they may proceed to the degree for which each has properly applied."
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However, these students are referred to as graduands at Cambridge and most universities other than Oxford.
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Within [[BDSM]], '''supplicant''' is often used to a refer to a submissive applicant, hoping to enter the service of a particular [[dominant]] or [[Houses|household]].
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Latest revision as of 12:23, 22 May 2019

A supplicant, one who supplicates, is a term that is applied to humble petitioners.

Within BDSM, the word supplicant is often used to a refer to a submissive applicant, hoping to enter the service of a particular dominant or household.

In the Gor novels of John Norman, a "supplicant" (or "suppliant" or "penitent") is a conventional role within a stylised ritual ceremony during which the leaders and prominent inhabitants of a conquered city beg for mercy from their conquerors. A supplicant traditionally wears nothing but a simple plain white robe (accompanied by a veil in the case of women), and is naked and barefoot beneath the robe, symbolising a transitional status between freedom and possible slavery (at the whim of the conquerors).

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