Supplicant
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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]]. | 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]]. | ||
| − | 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 plain white robe (accompanied by a [[veil fetishism|veil]] in the case of women), and is [[naked]] and barefoot beneath the robe, | + | 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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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).
