See Also: obsecration(dictionary)

obsecration (iou)



obsecration noun. LME.
[Latin obsecratio(n-), from obsecrat- pa. ppl stem of obsecrare entreat, beseech (orig. by the name of the gods), from ob- OB- + sacrare hold sacred: see -ATION.]
Entreaty, supplication. LME.
b. Rhetoric. A figure of speech in which assistance is implored. E17.
Ecclesiastical. Any of the intercessory petitions of the Litany introduced by the word 'by' (Latin per). L19.
'obsecrate verb trans. (rare) entreat, implore; beg (a thing): L16.