Precation
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The act of praying; supplication; entreaty; hence, a prayer; an invocation.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of praying; supplication; entreaty.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
prayer
or act of
praying
; an
earnest
request.
Word Usage
"They informed the teachers and administrators at the school to go on lockdown as a precation."
Form
precative
precatory
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
entreaty
supplication