祈き請せい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

entreaty; prayer; supplication

Formal or literary term for earnestly requesting something, often with a religious or solemn connotation. Can be used as a noun or with する.

• 彼かれらは神かみに雨あめを祈き請せいした。

  They prayed to the gods for rain.

• 村むら人びとたちは豊ほう作さくを祈き請せいする儀ぎ式しきを行おこなった。

  The villagers performed a ritual to pray for a good harvest.