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US
/pəˈtɪʃənɝ/
]
[ UK /pətˈɪʃənɐ/ ]
[ UK /pətˈɪʃənɐ/ ]
NOUN
-
one praying humbly for something
a suppliant for her favors - someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
How To Use petitioner In A Sentence
- Furthermore, she testified the petitioner had always been one to work in their garage at home and was capable of earning undeclared income from his skills as an automotive service technician.
- There are occasions when the petitioner's mother interjects into the discussions between the parties, which has no salutary effect.
- Here, seeing was surely believing, but truly spiritual seeing was itself a miracle, uniquely manifested by divine grace to this holiest of prayerful petitioners.
- It's impolite for petitioners - or novices or even journeymen - to question their masters. THE BROKEN GOD
- About his personal life, he is now said to have six mistresses, including a female petitioner who had sought his help.
- After being honourably acquitted, he relumed his feat upon the bench, and made the following fpeech; which, confidered in a general way, is admirable both with refpecft to matter and form, though the propriety of applying it to the particular occafion may be queftioned, as the petitioners were neither rioters nor inlurgents, nor men who had othTwile violated the public peace. The history of America, : from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war. : With an appendix, containing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies.
- Such a system of extralegal detention, sometimes called black jails, "damages the legitimate rights of petitioners and seriously damages the government's image, " the article said.
- She admitted, that when she heard the poor petitioner turn from the door, her heart was softened, and she did intend to open with the purpose of offering her at least a shelter; but that before she could “hirple to the door, and get the bar taken down,” the unfortunate supplicant was not to be seen; which strengthened the old woman’s opinion, that the whole was Saint Ronan's Well
- To ask the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy. Living on a Prayer: the value of Barack Obama's prayer breakfast
- He was more a man of deeds than of words - he always performed what he promised, and when this had been done, he sent to let the petitioner know that his wishes had been granted.